断层扫描

Traditional form:

斷層掃描

Pinyin (reading):

duàncéngsǎomiáo

Definitions:

• CT scan (computed tomography scan)

Characters:

• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 层 - layer, floor, story, stratum
• 扫 - to clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to wipe out
• 描 - to copy, to depict, to sketch, to trace

Traditional characters:

• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 層 - layer, floor, story, stratum
• 掃 - to clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to wipe out
• 描 - to copy, to depict, to sketch, to trace