fluoroscopic

Variant of fluoroscope

fluoroscope definition

☆ fluoro·scope (flôr′ə skōp′, flo̵or′-)

noun

a machine that uses X-rays to cast shadows of the internal structure of people, animals, raw material, welds, etc. on a fluorescent screen: the shadows vary in intensity according to the density of the object or part

Etymology: fluoro- + -scope

transitive verb fluoroscoped -·scoped′, fluoroscoping -·scop′·ing

to examine with a fluoroscope

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.