fluoroscopy
[floo-ros-kuh-pee, flaw-, floh-]
- the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
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Associated words: fluoroscope, fluoroscopy, cryptoscopy, cryptoscope.
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fluoroscopy
- examination of a person or object by means of a fluoroscope
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Word Origin and History for fluoroscopy
1896, from fluor- (see fluorescence) + -oscopy (see -scope).
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fluoroscopy
(flu-rŏs′kə-pē, flô-)- Examination by means of a fluoroscope.radioscopy
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fluoroscope
[flu-rŏs′kə-pē]
- 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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