CT
1 Americanabbreviation
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carat; carats.
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cent; cents.
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centum.
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certificate.
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county.
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court.
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Connecticut.
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Count.
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central time
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Connecticut
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computerized tomography See also CT scanner
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carat
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cent
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court
Example Sentences
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Why must we wait two hours for a 10-minute CT scan?
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
The CT scanner enabled any underlying health issues to be ruled out quickly and non-invasively, he added.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Ditto advances in AI, which have shown the potential to detect pancreatic cancer on CT scans at earlier stages and with greater sensitivity than can radiologists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
With modern synchrotron x-ray CT scanning and the powerful X-rays available at the ESRF, researchers were finally able to closely examine the fossil.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
The next afternoon Serena called me and said that a top group of radiologists, pediatricians, and cancer doctors had just spent an hour studying John’s X-rays, bone scans, and CT scans.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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