I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
brain scan
CAT scan
CT scan
eye scan
iris scan
PET scan
ultrasound scan
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An ultrasound scan revealed that the baby was a boy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
area
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They carefully scanned the area , unmoving, and waiting for any sign of life.
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A sniper with a high-powered rifle and a telescopic lens scans the area for snakes and alligators.
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But Gao Ma was too busy scanning the area for a sign of the well to notice.
brain
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They also scanned the brains of some control dyslexics who were not on the programme.
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The researchers then scanned their brains while they completed two tasks.
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Lying in bed at night is a perfect time for scanning our brain for those things we might have forgotten.
computer
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So he scans their computers for any mischievous programs and installs security software.
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These programs can scan your computer for viruses every time you start up or even continuously.
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For example, customer enquiries and correspondence can be scanned into the computer system on receipt, or entered by the telephone operator.
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Thrilled, Barlow scanned computer data on 42, 283 Martian craters photographed by the Viking Orbiter since the mid-1970s.
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Secondly, existing paper documents could be scanned into a computer and then converted to electronic form to allow further processing.
face
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She ignored his lecherous gaze and scanned the sea of faces for Stephen.
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Kirov's eyes continued to scan Ybreska's face , trying to probe the strange mixture of expressions which it displayed openly.
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Adrienne paused to scan her face before taking her coat and hanging it in the closet.
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She scanned Leo's angry face helplessly.
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I scanned the faces of the two men who, suddenly, seemed strangers.
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Poised on the little platform stage in front, she quickly scanned the faces confronting her.
file
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It checks the contents of memory and then scans every file on the hard disk before installing itself.
horizon
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He scanned the horizon and saw on the edge of the sky the familiar yellowish stain.
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It is possible to scan a horizon and count 10 species.
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Cornelius stood up, drew back his hair and scanned the horizon .
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I scan the grey horizon as the water rises.
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They eagerly scanned the horizon where they had last seen the car disappear.
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Sometimes in the evenings Kalchu would sit outside under the eaves, scanning the horizon , willing the sky to change.
image
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Imagine scanning an image as a bitmap and then converting that to PostScript.
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You then scan your image using each of the filters in turn saving out the images.
list
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Tallboy scanned the list of people from whom statements had been taken.
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He scanned the list for obscure schools in certain locations, then wrote away for an application.
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After all the records have been scanned a list of two names - Mason and Vince - would be provided.
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He scans the list for anything unusual.
page
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It serves as an ever-expanding database that continuously scans Teletext City pages and stores the information on the user's personal computer.
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As soon as she was safely past the shuffling fraternity, she opened her own newspaper and rapidly scanned the front page .
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While the kettle is boiling he scans the front page .
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Her aim was to scan more than 4,000 pages on an Olivetti Filnet machine over a seven hour period.
room
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She scanned the room for other changes.
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Tony seemed amused as he took a bite of pot roast and scanned the room .
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Restless, she scans the room , desperate for another glimpse of our little Limnititzker princess.
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As he scanned the room for potential defenders his eyes fell on Father Ed Dougherty.
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The village bobby's eyes scanned the room .
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I scanned the room , as small as mine.
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Lily scanned the empty room from the doorway, pleased that she was first to arrive.
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He leant across the desk in a confidential manner, scanning the room shrewdly.
sky
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The old nomes grumbled among themselves, and scanned the sky anxiously for the first signs of robins or reindeer.
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The birds call constantly in haunting high cries that make you scan the skies while they are still far away.
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The atmosphere inside the plane immediately became tense, five pairs of eyes scanned the starry sky , they could see nothing.
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I was just laying there, scanning the sky , and they just came and came.
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He scanned the colossal sky like a young man whose girlfriend is late for a date, never tiring of the search.
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He scanned the sky , suspicious of tricks and ambushes.
text
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Develops the skills further, and pays special attention to more sophisticated sub-skills such as scanning a text .
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And it is possible to make new electronic texts by scanning printed texts into a computer.
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Some provide material on disk, which is a great help as it saves having to retype or scan the text .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dr. Schlaug scanned the brains of several musicians as part of his research.
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Robert scanned the lists for his name.
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She scanned the menu outside the restaurant, but decided it looked too expensive.
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Stern started every day by scanning the want ads.
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Surveillance cameras constantly scan the sidewalks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Executives in high-performing firms tailored scanning to perceived strategic uncertainty in all sectors.
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From such a vantage point you can scan up to a mile along many beaches and spot objects cast up by the tides.
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He got to his feet, did a 365-degree scan , and moved on.
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On occasion he found himself scanning the lake, throttling down as he passed bleak islands of rock and pine.
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Sitting back, humming under his breath, he scanned the waters for anything that might present itself.
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Thrilled, Barlow scanned computer data on 42, 283 Martian craters photographed by the Viking Orbiter since the mid-1970s.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
brain
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The brain scan , the chest scan, the throat and bone scans all said the cancer had gone.
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He was pulled from the game after the hit, and sent to a hospital for a brain scan .
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We took him to hospital and he had various tests and a brain scan .
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Ansah was carried off with concussion at Luton on Saturday, but had a precautionary brain scan and reported fit this morning.
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Yet another picture shows her in hospital having a brain scan .
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Shame he's not a proctologist-he could have given Fat Barry a brain scan .
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Clearly a brain scan was needed.
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Eight more people are also believed to be suffering from the condition following either brain scans or tonsil tests.
cat
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But Golota, described as awake and alert after passing a CAT scan , was released Sunday morning.
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It can not be stripped to its complexity by cat scan or telescope.
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In a CAT scan , an X-ray source is rotated around a patient.
ultrasound
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An ultrasound scan was done, as already described to assess stone status and gall bladder emptying.
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Barium follow-through, gastroscopy, sigmoidoscopy, barium enema, abdominal ultrasound scan , and chest radiograph were all normal.
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All patients had standard haematological and biochemical tests, and an upper abdominal ultrasound scan .
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An ultrasound scan revealed non-dilated ducts and suggested acute cholecystitis.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A bone scan showed a small fracture in Conway's right ankle.
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After a quick scan of the headlines, Joan put the newspaper down.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A bone scan on Monday revealed a compression fracture in vertebrae in the middle of his back.
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Bring the localiser into the normal level flight and descent scan routine.
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But he hopes that scans should illuminate the precise areas of any deficits.
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But workers were paid low wages, lived mostly in overcrowded bunkhouses and were subjected to daily body searches and internal scans.
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From the play of shadows, Hicks reckoned that there were two more people inside who were beyond his scan .
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It was agreed that all transmission of film material will be in a progressive scan format from launch of services.
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The brain scan , the chest scan, the throat and bone scans all said the cancer had gone.
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We took him to hospital and he had various tests and a brain scan .