fluoroscope
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- noun
- /ˈflʊəroʊˌskoʊp/
- Specialized
:
fluoroscopio
- Similarly, the cost of fluoroscopes with image intensifiers rose from $40,000 in 1965 to $200,000 in 1977 (Sanders 1978).
Examples
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I drank a barium solution and stood behind a fluoroscope screen.
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Now, if you'll all gather around the fluoroscope here, I'll proceed to the demonstration.
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If we get her to a fluoroscope, and show her some blood...
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Now, dad, I'm going to use your fluoroscope for a moment.
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Dr. Pinsky positioned a fluoroscope against his neck.
Fiction book (1993) -
He pushed my feet under a fluoroscope, measured, and sold me a pair of plain brown shoes for five dollars even.
Fiction book (1990) -
The machine hummed again and again as Dr. Pinsky, wearing special glasses and big elbow-length gloves, repeatedly clicked the fluoroscope, illuminating vertebrae and ganglia.
Fiction book (1993) -
The technique is carried out with a fluoroscope and catheter to administer minute particles to the uterine arteries, which subsequently obstruct the supply of further nutrients to nearby fibroid tissues.
Blog text (21) -
Everything I've done will be examined and reexamined with X-rays, fluoroscopes, microscopes, shadow graphs, smelly chemicals and all sorts of-agh!
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The doctor used the fluoroscope to examine the patient's internal organs in real-time.
Synonyms
A machine that shows live X-ray images on a screen
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fluoroscope breaks into fluoro- meaning 'glow', as in fluorescent, and -scope meaning 'to look', as in telescope. So a fluoroscope is a machine that lets doctors 'look' at live X-ray images on a glowing screen.