ct

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abbreviation for computerized tomography: the use of X-rays to make three-dimensional images (= ones that have or appear to have height, depth, and width) of flat sections of the body:

Brain imaging using CT and MRI revealed damage to the right cerebral hemisphere.

Physicians often use CT as a first step in working out a diagnosis.

Paleontologists used a computerized tomography (CT) scanner to map the specimen.

She had her heart and lungs scanned in a doughnut-shaped CT machine.

written abbreviation for the US state of Connecticut: used in addresses

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