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fluoroscope
[floor-uh-skohp, flawr-, flohr-]
noun
a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
fluoroscope
/ ˌflʊərəˈskɒpɪk, ˈflʊərəˌskəʊp /
noun
a device consisting of a fluorescent screen and an X-ray source that enables an X-ray image of an object, person, or part to be observed directly
fluoroscope
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.
Other Word Forms
- ˌڱܴǰˈDZ辱 adverb
- fluoroscopic adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of fluoroscope1
Example Sentences
The only technology available at Fenway Park for an examination was a fluoroscope.
It was around then that local and state legislatures started prohibiting the use of shoe-store fluoroscopes.
I put him in front of the fluoroscope without his shirt.
Cano did have a fluoroscope of the hand taken at the stadium, which was negative, the Yankees said.
The Blacksmith Institute has brought in two X-ray fluoroscopes -- machines that look like giant hairdryers -- to detect concentrations of metals in the ground.
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