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fluoroscopy

[floo-ros-kuh-pee, flaw-, floh-]
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noun
  1. the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
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Origin of fluoroscopy

First recorded in 1895–1900; fluoro- + -scopy
Related formsfluor·os·co·pist, noun
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  • Associated words: fluoroscope, fluoroscopy, cryptoscopy, cryptoscope.

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British Dictionary definitions for fluoroscopy

fluoroscopy

noun
  1. examination of a person or object by means of a fluoroscope
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Word Origin and History for fluoroscopy

n.

1896, from fluor- (see fluorescence) + -oscopy (see -scope).

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fluoroscopy in Medicine

fluoroscopy

(flu-rŏs′kə-pē, flô-)
n.
  1. Examination by means of a fluoroscope.radioscopy
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fluoroscopy in Science

fluoroscope

[flu-rŏs′kə-pē]
  1. A radiologic instrument equipped with a fluorescent screen on which opaque internal structures can be viewed as moving shadow images formed by the differential transmission of x-rays through the body.
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Related formsfluoroscopy noun (flu-rŏs′kə-pē)
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