fluoroscope

American  

[floor-uh-skohp, flawr-, flohr-] / ˈflʊər əˌskoʊp, ˈflɔr-, ˈfloʊr- /

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.

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fluoroscope British  

/ ˌflʊərəˈskɒpɪk, 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

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fluoroscope Scientific  

/ fl-rŏs′kə-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.

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Other Word Forms

• fluoroscopic adjective
• fluoroscopically adverb

Etymology

Origin of fluoroscope

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

Example Sentences

When the doctor uses a fluoroscope to see the thoracic organs in motion, the range is from 5 mR to 400 mR.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is important for doctors who examine patients by fluoroscope, and also important for the patients; doctors can now step down the power of X rays needed to get a good, clear picture.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a short time he established a small hospital, equipped his office with X-ray and fluoroscope, provided a diagnostic service never before available to Negroes in the county.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though this sounds like a good idea, in reality the same sort of technology envy that fueled the fluoroscope frenzy seems largely responsible for this latest craze as well.

From Time Magazine Archive

I put him in front of the fluoroscope without his shirt.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

Related Words

• Roentgen rays
• Röntgen rays
• radioactivity