SPECT

[ spekt ]

/ spɛkt /

noun

single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Origin of SPECT

First recorded in 1985–90

Example sentences from the Web for spects

Missus told me to-day dat you wouldn't marry Massa St. Clair, and she 'spects you was pinin' at somethin' she said!
Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale|Ida Glenwood
Just now he's laid up in the hospital, but he 'spects to be out again 'fore long.
Shifting Sands|Sara Ware Bassett
I 'spects I was bad as de rest of 'em 'bout dem razor fights, but not whar my good old mist'ess could larn 'bout it.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration
I 'spects if they had had chillun they wouldn't have been so good to me.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration

I 'spects knowin' 'bout things is just 'bout as good and true as seein' them.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration

Medical definitions for spects

SPECT

abbr.

single photon emission computed tomography

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