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CT en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of contraterrene.
   alt of contraterrene

CT en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, especially, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of computed tomography.
   alt of computed tomography
   • 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. 2025 November 30, David Darlington, “The Shocking Crash That Led Marin County to Reckon With the Dangers of E-Bikes”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2025:
2. (countable, especially) Initialism of computed tomography. ▸ A CT scan.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of cold turkey.
   alt of cold turkey
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable) Initialism of cocktease.
   alt of cocktease
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable) Initialism of camel toe.
   alt of camel toe
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of combat team.
   alt of combat team
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Chlamydia trachomatis; chlamydia.
   alt of Chlamydia trachomatis
   • 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. 2012, California Department of Public Health Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Branch, California STD Controllers Association, “Executive Summary”, in Guidelines for the Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Cases and Exposed Sexual Partners by Health Department Staff in Non-Clinical Settings, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2021, page 3:

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Deriveds

CDT (Central Time) · angio-CT (computed tomography) · HRCT (computed tomography) · CST (Central Time) · CT scan (computed tomography) · CT angiography (computed tomography) · MSCT (computed tomography)

Hypernyms

tomogram · tomography · imaging · imaging · tomography · scan · image

Relateds

DCT · BCT · SCT · RCT · PCT · CCT

Synonyms

CAT scan (CT scan) · CAT (computed tomography) · computed tomography scan (CT scan) · computed tomography (computed tomography) · CT scan (CT scan) · computed axial tomography scan (CT scan) · computed axial tomography (computed tomography)

CT en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Connecticut: a state of the United States.
   alt of Connecticut
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Central Time.
   alt of Central Time
   • Customers can call 1-877-300-6153 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT to get their questions answered, arrange to return their pills or report problems. Information is also available at http://www.qualitestrx.com/pdf/OCRecall.pdf. 2011 September 16, “Birth control pills recalled due to ‘packaging error’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2021:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Coffin Texts.
   alt of Coffin Texts

CT en · VERB

Meanings

1. (informal, transitive) To perform a CT scan on.
   • 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. […]” 2013, Marc Dauphin, Combat Doctor: Life and Death Stories from Kandahar's Military Hospital, Toronto: Dundurn Press, →ISBN, page 197:

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