Ct

adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of contraterrene. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Connecticut: a state of the United States. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Initialism of Central Time. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Coffin Texts. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of computed tomography. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, especially, initialism, uncountable

    "E.M.T.s arrived soon after and transported her to MarinHealth Medical Center, where a CT scan showed bleeding between the skull and the brain."

  2. 2
    Initialism of cycle threshold. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "The call came late on Sunday when Chinese officials decided that Gill’s CT levels, a measure of how much viral material is detected, were within an acceptable range."

  3. 3
    Abbreviation of court. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    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 wordnet
  5. 5
    Initialism of computed tomography.; A CT scan. countable, especially
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  1. 6
    Alternative form of Ct.. alt-of, alternative
  2. 7
    Initialism of cold turkey. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    Initialism of cocktease. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable
  4. 9
    Initialism of camel toe. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable
  5. 10
    Abbreviation of combat team. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
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    Initialism of Chlamydia trachomatis; chlamydia. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "An appointment with a clinician at which the patient or partner(s) can receive testing and care for all STDs and HIV is the preferred management strategy for CT and GC [gonorrhea] treatment."

Verb
  1. 1
    To perform a CT scan on. informal, transitive

    "There's a certain something that emanates from a confused patient that this fellow doesn't have. I sure wish I had more 'terps. Well, we're not going to CT him right away. There are two other fellows before him. “Get a plain film of his head, Tim. […]”"

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