Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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;
[syn: computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
computerized tomography
n 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 [syn: computerized
tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized
axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT]