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[skan] / skæn /


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“There’s no blood test. There’s no brain scan. There’s no objective way of saying someone has Parkinson’s disease or not. It requires a skilled clinician.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

"What we are trying to do is continue to free up the cashier from the drudgery of having to scan. And letting the technology do the work for you," he explains.

From BBC • May 20, 2022

The Labour MP said: "I'm suffering in that sense in that I was supposed to have my six month follow up scan. We're now approaching month eight, no scan and no appointment."

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2022

Disaster comes quickly: “Kidney stent. Pulmonary embolism. Adenocarcinoma. Venous thrombosis. Gastrointestinal consultant. Gallbladder ultrasound. Echocardiogram. CT brain scan. MRI. fMRI. Radiation, chemotherapy, immunology. Transition to hospice care.”

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021

The lady is one whom he has Page 229 missing from scan. many months since he had seen Patty, she had never been long absent from his thoughts even in his busy college life.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville




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