fluoroscope

[ floor-uh-skohp, flawr-, flohr- ]
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noun
  1. 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.

Origin of fluoroscope

1
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; fluoro- + -scope

Words Nearby fluoroscope

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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 Tower
  • At the end of an hour Greg went back to the main laboratory, brought back a portable fluoroscope.

    Empire | Clifford Donald Simak
  • A device, invented by Edison and called the “fluoroscope,” was constructed on substantially the same principle.

  • Fig. 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. John
  • I 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

fluoroscope

/ (ˈflʊərəˌskəʊp) /


noun
  1. 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

fluoroscope

[ flu-rŏskə-pē ]


  1. 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-rŏskə-pē)

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