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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
/ ڱ-ŏ′ə-ŧ /
- 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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Derived Forms
- ˌڱܴǰˈDZ辱, adverb
- fluoroscopic, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fluoroscope1
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The only technology available at Fenway Park for an examination was a fluoroscope.
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It was around then that local and state legislatures started prohibiting the use of shoe-store fluoroscopes.
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I put him in front of the fluoroscope without his shirt.
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Cano did have a fluoroscope of the hand taken at the stadium, which was negative, the Yankees said.
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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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