pet scanner

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   a tomograph that produces cross-sectional X-rays of metabolic processes in the body

   Synonymspositron emission tomography scanner

   Broadertomograph

Questions about pet scanner

What does pet scanner mean?

pet scanner means "a tomograph that produces cross-sectional X-rays of metabolic processes in the body".

What is another word for pet scanner?

Close synonyms include positron emission tomography scanner. 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 pet scanner a common word?

pet scanner 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.