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Computed axial tomography Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ography

Computed axial tomography has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
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

2

A medical imaging process involving the use of multiple X-ray images to produce a three dimensional image of internal organs.

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