fluo·ro·scope
ˈflu̇r-ə-ˌskōp 
ˈflȯr-
: an instrument used for observing the internal structure of an opaque object (such as the living body) by means of X-rays
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
Using the fluoroscope, the healthcare provider will implant one or more leads into the appropriate chambers of the heart.
—Jennifer Whitlock, Rn, Msn, Fn, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
The devices on display include a vibratory chair, which supposedly cured constipation and headaches through shaking so violent that patients had to hold tight to its handles, and a fluoroscope, once casually used in shoe stores to X-ray customers’ feet.
—Emily Elert, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2012
Then, guided by X-ray images from a fluoroscope, a surgeon manually threads the wire through the body, up into the brain and maneuvers it to remove the blockage.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 Aug. 2019
That type of platform would allow surgeons to control the process using a joystick in a spot away from the fluoroscope radiation—or even from a different city.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 Aug. 2019
The only technology available at Fenway Park for an examination was a fluoroscope.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2019
Pinpoint accuracy is ensured with the use of a fluoroscope, hailed as a breakthrough piece of medical equipment.
—Joyce Wiswell For The Knee Institute, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2018
Christopher Rowland, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2022
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Noun
Boone said that an initial fluoroscope, a low-grade X-ray, came back clean.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
Using the fluoroscope, the healthcare provider will implant one or more leads into the appropriate chambers of the heart.
—Jennifer Whitlock, Rn, Msn, Fn, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
The devices on display include a vibratory chair, which supposedly cured constipation and headaches through shaking so violent that patients had to hold tight to its handles, and a fluoroscope, once casually used in shoe stores to X-ray customers’ feet.
—Emily Elert, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2012
Then, guided by X-ray images from a fluoroscope, a surgeon manually threads the wire through the body, up into the brain and maneuvers it to remove the blockage.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 Aug. 2019
That type of platform would allow surgeons to control the process using a joystick in a spot away from the fluoroscope radiation—or even from a different city.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 Aug. 2019
The only technology available at Fenway Park for an examination was a fluoroscope.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2019
Pinpoint accuracy is ensured with the use of a fluoroscope, hailed as a breakthrough piece of medical equipment.
—Joyce Wiswell For The Knee Institute, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2018
Verb
The shutdown of the facility in Shanghai in April halted production of contrast media, an iodine solution that medical staff inject into blood vessels to allow a device such as a CT scanner or fluoroscope to see inside the body.
—Christopher Rowland, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2022
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flu·o·ro·scope
ˈflu̇r-ə-ˌskōp
: an instrument used chiefly in industry and in medical diagnosis for observing the internal structure of opaque objects (as the living body) by means of the shadow cast by the object examined upon a fluorescent screen when placed between the screen and a source of X-rays
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