单词 | whole body scan |
释义 | > as lemmaswhole body scan An examination of the entire body (esp. as opposed to the head or a single part of the body) for medical or security purposes, using various radiological techniques or other sensing devices; the image obtained by such an examination. Also total body scan, whole body scan. ΚΠ 1955 Brit. Jrnl. Radiol. 28 313/1 The value of a whole-body scan in detecting metastases previously unsuspected has been clearly demonstrated. 1956 Internat. Jrnl. Appl. Radiation & Isotopes 1 138/1 We believe that patients..should have a daily total body scan as long as there is appreciable evidence of radioactivity within the body. 1984 A. M. Green in S. Grof Anc. Wisdom & Mod. Sci. iii. xix. 237 It had been decided that she should have another body scan. Her lungs were clear but there was a small cancer in her liver. 2000 Edmonton Sun (Nexis) 29 Feb. 11 If an inspector suspects a passenger is carrying contraband, the traveller is given the choice—a body scan with the new hi-tech devices or a personal body search. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Jan. i. 17/2 At Yale, Dr. Howard Forman..said he had felt pressure from hospital administrators to explore the possibility of offering whole body scans to healthy people. < as lemmas |
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