Meaning

2 senses
  1. A device used to view continuous live X-ray images on a fluorescent screen.

    an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation

  2. (archaic)A device used to measure the fluorescence of a solution.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: fluoroscopes
Singularfluoroscope
Pluralfluoroscopes

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation:roentgenoscope

Word family

4 related words

See also

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