computed axial tomography

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Computerized axial tomography.

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• noun medicine A medical imaging process involving the use of multiple X-ray images to produce a three dimensional image of internal organs.
• noun medicine A scan produced by this technique, a computed axial tomography scan.

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• noun 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