ct
/kˈɔɹt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.11 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Abbreviation of Connecticut: a state of the United States.
name
name
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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. […]”"
- "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."
Usage
Inflected Forms
CTs (plural)
CTs (present, singular)
CTing (participle, present)
CTed (participle, past)
CTed (past)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
computed tomography
computed axial tomography
CAT
CT scan
CAT scan
computed tomography scan
computed axial tomography scan
computerized tomography
computerized axial tomography