fluoroscopic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- fluoroscopically adverb
Etymology
Origin of fluoroscopic
First recorded in 1895–1900; fluoroscope + -ic
Example Sentences
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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 heart of the problem was to get a sharp, clear x-ray image on a fluoroscopic screen.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Fluoroscopic examination will often discover the best angle from which to make a plate; but foreign bodies casting a very faint shadow on a plate may be totally invisible on the fluoroscopic screen.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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