- 1NAmE//ˌpi i ˈti//the abbreviation for‘polyethylene terephthalate’(an artificial substance used to make materials for packaging food, including plastic drinks bottles)
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- 2NAmE//pɛt//(medical) the abbreviation for‘positron emission tomography’(a process that produces an image of your brain or of another part inside your body) a PET scan
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