fluoroscope

English

Etymology

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

Noun

fluoroscope (plural fluoroscopes)

(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.

Translations

device used to view X-ray images

Catalan: fluoroscopi m
Italian: fluoroscopio m

Spanish: fluoroscopio m

Derived terms

Verb

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

(transitive) To examine with a fluoroscope.

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