I.
noun
1 examination by a machine
ADJECTIVE
▪ body , whole-body
▪ bone , brain , iris , retina , retinal
▪ CAT , CT , MRI , PET , ultrasound
▪ antivirus , virus
▪ routine
VERB + SCAN
▪ get , have , obtain , undergo
▪ carry out , do , perform , run , take
▪ order
▪ interpret
SCAN + VERB
▪ confirm sth , indicate sth , reveal sth , show sth
▪
A ~ revealed a small fracture in the hip area.
SCAN + NOUN
▪ data , results
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
The doctors took a ~ of his thigh bone.
2 quick look
ADJECTIVE
▪ cursory , quick
▪
A quick ~ of the local paper revealed nothing.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
II.
verb
1 look
ADVERB
▪ carefully
▪ anxiously , frantically , nervously
▪
She scanned the street nervously, looking for the two men.
▪ slowly
▪ briefly , quickly , rapidly
▪ constantly
▪ mentally , visually
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
I scanned the paper for news.
▪ across , around , down , through
▪
My eyes scanned across the horizon.
▪
He scanned through the web pages.
2 copy using a scanner
ADVERB
▪ automatically
▪ digitally , electronically , optically
Scan is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ eye
Scan is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ card , ↑ crowd , ↑ document , ↑ email , ↑ file , ↑ ground , ↑ headline , ↑ horizon , ↑ image , ↑ Internet , ↑ list , ↑ menu , ↑ negative , ↑ newspaper , ↑ page , ↑ photograph , ↑ résumé , ↑ room , ↑ schedule , ↑ shelf , ↑ sky , ↑ surroundings , ↑ text