fluoroscope

English

Etymology

From fluoro- +‎ -scope, originally after German Fluorescop.

Noun

fluoroscope (plural fluoroscopes)

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

Derived terms

Verb

fluoroscope (third-person singular simple present fluoroscopes, present participle fluoroscoping, simple past and past participle fluoroscoped)

  1. (transitive) To examine with a fluoroscope.
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