Fluoroscopy
[floo-ros-kuh-pee, flaw-, floh-] /flʊˈrɒs kə pi, flɔ-, floʊ-/
noun
1.
the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
/flʊəˈrɒskəpɪ/
noun
1.
examination of a person or object by means of a fluoroscope
n.
1896, from fluor- (see fluorescence) + -oscopy (see -scope).
fluoroscopy fluo·ros·co·py (flu-rŏs’kə-pē, flô-)
n.
Examination by means of a fluoroscope. Also called radioscopy.
fluoroscope
(fl-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.
fluoroscopy noun (fl-rŏs’kə-pē)
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