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
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
The multitudinous data of Ulysses vibrated like cold made-lightning between the cathodes of the most fluoroscopic symbolism and the most granitic naturalism.
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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