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What does "scan" mean? Does it mean "scanning"?

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Rebecca

Great question. Here "scan" is being used as a medical term. Medically "scan", as a noun, refers to the data or image doctors can get from the examination of organs or regions of the body by gathering information with a sensing device. There are lots of different kinds of medical scans, for example PET scan, CAT scan, MRI scan. Ex: The doctor says they need to do a scan to see if there's any damage. Ex: I went in for a scan and they found nothing.

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