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photofluorography

[foh-toh-floo-rog-ruh-fee, -flaw-, -floh-]
noun
  1. photography of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination, used in x-ray examination of the lungs of large groups of people.
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Origin of photofluorography

First recorded in 1940–45; photo- + fluoro- + -graphy
Also called fluorography.
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British Dictionary definitions for photofluorography

photofluorography

noun
  1. med the process of taking a photograph (photofluorogram) of a fluoroscopic image: used in diagnostic screening
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photofluorography in Medicine

photofluorography

(fō′tō-flu-rŏg′rə-fē, -flô-)
n.
  1. The photographic record of x-ray images produced by a fluoroscope.fluorography
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Related formspho′to•fluor′o•graph′ic (-flur′ə-grăf′ĭk, -flôr′-) adj.
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