computerized axial tomography

1. 1.

   a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis

   Synonymscomputerized tomographycomputed tomographyCTcomputed axial tomographyCAT

   BroaderX-raying

Questions about computerized axial tomography

What does computerized axial tomography mean?

computerized axial tomography means "a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis".

What is another word for computerized axial tomography?

Close synonyms include computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computed axial tomography, CAT. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is computerized axial tomography a common word?

computerized axial tomography is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.