fluoroscope

fluoroscope definition - medical

fluor·o·scope (flo͝orˈə-skōpˌ, flôrˈ-)

noun
A device equipped with a fluorescent screen on which the internal structures of an optically opaque object, such as the human body, may be continuously viewed as shadowy images formed by the differential transmission of x-rays through the object.
verb
To examine the interior of a body with a fluoroscope.

Related Forms:

  • fluorˌo·scopˈic (-skŏpˈĭk) adjective

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