From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Hospitalbrain scanˈbrain scan noun [countable]MHa process in which detailedphotographs of the inside of your brain are taken and examined by a doctorExamples from the Corpusbrain scan• We took him to hospital and he had varioustests and a brain scan.• Shame he's not a proctologist-he could have given Fat Barry a brain scan.• Clearly a brain scan was needed.• He was pulled from the game after the hit, and sent to a hospital for a brain scan.• He was given a brain scan there that showed he did not need immediate brain surgery.• Yet another picture shows her in hospital having a brain scan.• Ansah was carried off with concussion at Luton on Saturday, but had a precautionarybrain scan and reported fit this morning.• The brain scan, the chestscan, the throat and bone scans all said the cancer had gone.
