fluoroscope

[floo r-uh-skohp, flawr-, flohr-]

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noun

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

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

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Related Words for fluoroscope

radioactivity, radiograph, actinism, encephalogram, fluoroscope, refractometry

Examples from the Web for fluoroscope

Historical Examples of fluoroscope

Associated words: fluoroscope, fluoroscopy, cryptoscopy, cryptoscope.
Putnam's Word Book
Louis A. Flemming
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
Subperiosteal hemorrhage may be clearly seen by means of the fluoroscope or in X-ray photographs (Figs. 16 and 17).
Scurvy Past and Present
Alfred Fabian Hess
A 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. Byrn

British Dictionary definitions for fluoroscope

fluoroscope

noun

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 Formsfluoroscopic (ˌflʊərəˈskɒpɪk), adjectivefluoroscopically, adverb

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fluoroscope in Medicine

fluoroscope

[flur′ə-skōp′, flôr′-]

A device equipped with a fluorescent screen on which the internal structures of an optically opaque object, such as the human body, may be continuously viewed as shadowy images formed by the differential transmission of x-rays through the object.

To examine the interior of a body with a fluoroscope.

Related formsfluor′o•scop′ic (-skŏp′ĭk) adj.

fluoroscope in Science

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.

Related formsfluoroscopy noun (flu-rŏs′kə-pē)