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

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

In cases of broken femurs, the surgeon first manipulates the thigh to bring the broken pieces of bone together, using a fluoroscope to see what he is doing.

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

With the Lumicon looking at the fluoroscope screen, a very faint picture, drawn by weak and harmless X rays, is made bright enough to show up clearly in a fully lighted room.

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