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  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of fluoroscope

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

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Example Sentences

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fluoroscope

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

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

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

A fluoroscope lets them watch the internal organs in action.

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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