fluoroscope

IPA: fɫʊrˈɑskoʊp

noun

  • (now rare) A device used to measure the fluorescence of a solution.
  • (medicine) A device used to view continuous live X-ray images on a fluorescent screen.

verb

  • (transitive) To examine with a fluoroscope.
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Examples of "fluoroscope" in Sentences

  • It had to be done in the x-ray room under the fluoroscope, so they can watch what they were doing.
  • Roger D. Landon, attorney for Douglass, contends Gooding's failure to use a fluoroscope was a key factor in Neel's death.
  • Detaching the brush or comb component reveals the weapon, but the all plastic construction makes the weapon invisible to x-rays or a fluoroscope.
  • “By taking advantage of this ‘fluoroscope effect,’ we managed to pick up a surprisingly large volume of interior data via the passive sensors on the probes.”
  • A fluoroscope, mounted near the floor and enclosed in a shielded box, revealed an image of our feet within the shoes on a fluorescent screen that we could see, assuring a proper fit while radiation leaked into the surrounding area.
  • Demonstrations of guided missiles, of a patient taking what looks like a Barium swallow in front of a fluoroscope, and the father taking home movies of his child with a video camera and playing them back on his TV all give us pause to remember that whatever good or not-so-good aspects of our present-day lives, we stand on the shoulders of people who were true visionaries more than 50 years ago.

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