Definition of Fluoroscopy

1. Noun. Examination of body structures using a fluoroscope.

Generic synonyms: Radiology, Radioscopy

Definition of Fluoroscopy

1. n. Examination of an object, as the human body, by exposing it to the X rays and observing the shadow cast upon a fluorescent screen; cryptoscopy.

Definition of Fluoroscopy

1. Noun. (medicine) examination using a fluoroscope ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fluoroscopy

1. [n -PIES]

Medical Definition of Fluoroscopy

1. An X-ray procedure that makes it possible to see internal organs in motion. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluoroscopy

fluoropyridine
fluoropyrimidine
fluoropyrimidines
fluoroquinolone
fluoroquinolones
fluororoentgenography
fluoros
fluoroscope
fluoroscoped
fluoroscopes
fluoroscopic
fluoroscopies
fluoroscoping
fluoroscopist
fluoroscopists
fluoroscopy (current term)
fluoroses
fluorosis
fluorosugar
fluorosulfite
fluorosurfactant
fluorosurfactants
fluorotantalate
fluorotelomer
fluorotelomers
fluorothymidine
fluorothymidines
fluorotic
fluorouracil
fluorouracils

Literary usage of Fluoroscopy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"fluoroscopy was one of the earliest practical applications of the x-rays. However, the value of permanent radiographs in surgical diagnosis, together with a ..."

2. The Treatment of War Wounds by William Williams Keen (1917)
"STEREO-fluoroscopy IN THE LOCALIZATION AND EXTRACTION OF FOREIGN BODIES BY EW CALDWELL, MD New York City "There are many cases of injury by a foreign body ..."

3. Principles and Practice of Physical Diagnosis by jr John C Da Costa (1919)
"fluoroscopy AND RADIOGRAPHY Examination by means of the Rontgen ray, ... fluoroscopy.—The fluoroscope, devised for the direct inspection of the shadows ..."

4. United States Army X-ray Manual by United States Surgeon-General's Office (1918)
"fluoroscopy Definition.—fluoroscopy is the method of making studies of opaque objects by means of the x-rays and the fluorescent screen. ..."

5. The Practical Application of the Röntgen Rays in Therapeutics and Diagnosis by William Allen Pusey, Eugene Wilson Caldwell (1903)
"Stereo-fluoroscopy.—It was shown by Elihu Thomson in 1896 that two radiographs made by displacing the tube through a distance about equal to that between ..."

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