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
Some of them are said to have distributed handbills advertising office visits for 50�, fluoroscopic examinations for $1, maternity service for $10.
From Time Magazine Archive
When workmen with injured hands reported to the shipyard hospital, attendants allowed them to put their hands or feet into an X-ray machine and watch the waggling shadows of their bones on a fluoroscopic screen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The roentgenogram and the fluoroscopic study with an opaque mixture are the chief means of diagnosis.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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