fluoroscope
a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
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How to use fluoroscope in a sentence
The fluoroscope is the name given to a light-tight box closed at one end by a cardboard covered with these crystals (Fig. 421).
Physics | Willis Eugene TowerAt the end of an hour Greg went back to the main laboratory, brought back a portable fluoroscope.
Empire | Clifford Donald SimakA device, invented by Edison and called the “fluoroscope,” was constructed on substantially the same principle.
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century. | Edward W. ByrnFig. 220-A shows a fluoroscope that contains a screen covered with proper chemicals.
Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity | Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. JohnI could see the bones of my fingers as I held them up between the X-ray tube and the fluoroscope.
The Silent Bullet | Arthur B. Reeve
British Dictionary definitions for fluoroscope
/ (ˈflʊərəˌskəʊp) /
a device consisting of a fluorescent screen and an X-ray source that enables an X-ray image of an object, person, or part to be observed directly
Derived forms of fluoroscope
- fluoroscopic (ˌflʊərəˈskɒpɪk), adjective
- fluoroscopically, adverb
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Scientific definitions for fluoroscope
[ flu-rŏs′kə-pē ]
A radiologic instrument equipped with a fluorescent screen on which opaque internal structures can be viewed as moving shadow images formed by the differential transmission of x-rays through the body.
Other words from fluoroscope
- fluoroscopy noun (flu-rŏs′kə-pē)
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