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

• autofluoroscope
• fluoroscopic
• fluoroscopy

Translations

device used to view X-ray images

• Catalan: fluoroscopi m
• Italian: fluoroscopio m
• Spanish: fluoroscopio m

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To examine with a fluoroscope.