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Scanner Device Component
Definition 1
An electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer or a receiver designed to search for a signal within a specified frequency range. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
In medicine, an instrument that takes pictures of the inside of the body. (NCI Dictionary)
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