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noun

computerized axial tomography. Abbreviation: CT

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Words nearby computed tomography

computation, computational complexity, computational fluid dynamics, computational linguistics, compute, computed tomography, computer, computer age, computer-aided design, computer-aided engineering, computer-aided manufacturing

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How to use computed tomography in a sentence

X-ray computed tomography, or CT, is frequently the quickest way of getting a handle on what’s causing a mysterious woe.
For 50 years, CT scans have saved lives, revealed beauty and more|Emily Conover|December 10, 2021|Science News
Another highly regarded method was PET, or positron emission tomography.
Illustrating the Brain|Casey Schwartz|December 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Wolfram Alpha easily computed a variety of facts: What nutrients are in two Snickers bars?
The Google Killer|Nicholas Ciarelli|May 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It is computed that fifty millions of crusadoes, at least, were carried out of the country by the Portuguese returning to Lisbon.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham

Upon this basis he computed the entire number in the Catacombs to be seven millions!
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
I have computed the figures for The Fatal Dowry in regard to double or feminine endings and run-on lines.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
It is computed that he addressed a larger number of men, from the platform, than any other man that ever lived.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8|Various
More than half of them were computed to be deeply in debt to the proprietors.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3)|John Morley

British Dictionary definitions for computed tomography

computed tomography

noun

med another name (esp US) for computerized tomography

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