fluoroscopic
Americanadjective
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Origin of fluoroscopic
First recorded in 1895–1900; fluoroscope + -ic
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One document details the use of fluoroscopic scanning - using X-rays to show images of the inside of an object.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
“I would want it to be performed, if it were my injection, under fluoroscopic guidance,” said Dr. Ray M. Baker, president of the International Spine Intervention Society.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2012
Devised by Dr. Russell Reynolds of London, this consists of a very bright fluoroscopic screen on which the direct X-ray picture is thrown and there photographed as it changes by a cine- camera.
From Time Magazine Archive
One morning he was wheeled to the third floor of the hospital, where he had a fluoroscopic examination and the first standing X rays since his illness.
From Time Magazine Archive
An enlargement of the heart after exercise can be well shown only by fluoroscopic examination, and then best by some accurate method of measurement.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
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