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• n  the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
  he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars
• n  an image produced by scanning
  he analyzed the brain scan
  you could see the tumor in the CAT scan
• v  examine minutely or intensely
  the surgeon scanned the X-ray
• v  examine hastily
  She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
• v  make a wide, sweeping search of
  The beams scanned the night sky
• v  conform to a metrical pattern
• v  move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
• v  read metrically
  scan verses
• v  obtain data from magnetic tapes

• A patient undergoes a CT scan.
• The scan revealed a major blockage in one of his coronary arteries.
• A CT scan packs a mega-dose of radiation as much as 500 times that of a conventional X-ray.

• CAT scan
• skim
• rake
• glance over
• run down
• read

News & Articles

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• Duck Race raises $160K for SCAN
  The 25th annual Weigand Construction Duck Race raised more than $160,000 for Stop Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) on Saturday.
  June 15, 2013 - WANE-TV Fort Wayne
• Healthy Summer Insights From SCAN Health Plan Arizona
  Summertime in Phoenix requires special considerations for seniors. SCAN Health Plan Arizona hopes to help local seniors stay safe and healthy this summer with these four suggestion
  June 14, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Scan-to-Google Drive: The scanner in your pocket
  With Scan-to-Google Drive you can scan documents with your Android phone in just a few steps.
  June 13, 2013 - TechRepublic

Quotes

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• Fabio Capello in Los Angeles Times
  We have to wait for the results of the scan, but it looks like he is out of the World Cup,England coach Fabio Capello said Monday. "David is a great professional and has worked very hard to be ready for the World Cup, so missing it will be...
• Rafael Benitez in WalesOnline
  As regards Torres we will have to wait and see how serious the injury is,Benitez said. "He will have a scan. Clearly when you lose Steven Gerrard and then you lose Torres, it is always a problem. The only positive news is to have an...
• Bert van Marwijk in Sportinglife.com
  Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk said: "He's in hospital at this moment to have a scan. And for Joris Mathijsen it's the same. Both are in the hospital for scans. Robin has an arm problem and Joris a knee problem. I don't know what it is, so that's why...