fluoroscopic
Americanadjective
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Etymology
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
The fluoroscopic examination of the heart showed a normal rate and rhythm.
From Time Magazine Archive
But there are two difficulties: a doctor's eyes function poorly in the dim light needed to make the fluoroscopic image visible; the X-ray intensities now used can't be stepped up without endangering the patient.
From Time Magazine Archive
The diagnosis of the right ventricular hypertrophy may be substantiated by a fluoroscopic examination.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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