fluoroscope
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While a surgeon "reduces" the fracture, his assistant watches the bone through a fluoroscope to make sure the ends are fitted.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
When the X-ray was discovered, barium sulphate, which is opaque to the Xray, was given, and the passage of the barium was observed through the fluoroscope.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most physicians would rather use a fluoroscope than X-ray photographs; it's the difference between watching a movie and a set of stills.
From Time Magazine Archive
I put him in front of the fluoroscope without his shirt.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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