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fluoroscopy
[ floo-ros-kuh-pee, flaw-, floh- ]
noun
- the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
fluoroscopy
/ flʊəˈrɒskəpɪ /
noun
- examination of a person or object by means of a fluoroscope
Other Words From
- fluor·osco·pist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of fluoroscopy1
Example Sentences
He used a type of X-ray known as fluoroscopy to follow the dyed lymph as it traveled through the abdomen into the chest.
The initial fluoroscopy on Taylor also showed no damage.
Taylor, too, underwent a fluoroscopy that night that did not display any significant damage but an X-ray revealed a fracture.
There’s another benefit to the practice: Surgeons rely on real-time imaging from X-ray fluoroscopy to help visualize the complex structures they’re working with.
Miller spent 12 hours on trains and buses to get to his fluoroscopy appointment from his home in Bologoye, 150 miles by road from Tver and about halfway between Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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