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
Westinghouse Electric Corp. put on sale a fluoroscopic television set that can show an X-ray image 200 times brighter than any TV set ever used for the same purpose before.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the device is in operation the patient stands so that the x-rays throw shadows of his bones and viscera upon a fluoroscopic screen.
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 Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
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