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Definition: Fluoroscopy |
FluoroscopyNoun1. Examination of body structures using a fluoroscope. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Production of an image when X-rays strike a fluorescent screen. (references) |
Medicine | The process of observing the image on a fluorescent screen produced by the projection of an X-ray beam through an object onto the screen. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | An inspection procedure in which the radiographic image of the subject is viewed on a fluorescent screen; normally limited to low-density materials or to thin sections of metals because of the low-light output of thefluorescent screen at safe levels of radiation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Fluoroscopy |
| Specialty definitions using "fluoroscopy": Electrokymography ♦ fluoroscopic screen ♦ mud log ♦ Radiography, Interventional. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Patients with stress incontinence and a significant urge component or those in whom previous operations have failed may require combined cystography and fluoroscopy with a complete urodynamic evaluation. (references) | |
One test, called a fiber optic laryngoscopy, allows the doctor to look down the throat with a lighted tube. Other tests, including video fluoroscopy, which takes videotapes of a patient swallowing, and ultrasound, which produces images of internal body organs, can painlessly take pictures of various stages of swallowing. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Fluoroscopy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fluoroscopy" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fluoroscopy | 57 |
fluoroscopy info technical | 10 |
video fluoroscopy | 3 |
fluoroscopy radiography | 3 |
esophogram fluoroscopy rad testing thoracic | 2 |
fluoroscopy digital | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fluoroscopy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 透視 (perspective, to examine by fluoroscope or X-ray). (various references) | |
Danish | fluoroskopi (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy), roentgenoskopi (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy), gennemlysning (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy). (various references) | |
Dutch | doorlichting (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy, screening), doorlichten (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy, screening). (various references) | |
Finnish | läpivalaisu (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy). (various references) | |
French | roentgenoscopie, radioscopie. (various references) | |
German | Fluoroskopie (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy), Roentgendurchleuchtung (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy), Radioskopie (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy), Röntgenschirmbildverfahren (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy), Durchleuchtung (radioscopy). (various references) | |
Greek | φθοριοσκοπία (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy), ακτινοσκόπηση (radioscopy). (various references) | |
Italian | fluoroscopia (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy), radioscopia (radioscopy). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 間接撮影法 , 間接撮影 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かんせつさつえいほう, かんせつさつえい. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uoroscopyflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fluoroscopia (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy), radioscopia (radioscopy). (various references) | |
Spanish | fluoroscopia (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy), radioscopia (radioscopy). (various references) | |
Swedish | röntgengenomlysning (radioscopy, roentgenoscopy), genomlysning. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Fluoroscopy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: falloposcopy, floroscopy, flouroscopy, flourscopy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "fluoroscopy" (pronounced 'Flu`or*os"co*py'): Abdominoscopy, AEolotropy, Aeroscopy, Anthroposcopy, Antitypy, Apanthropy, Aphilanthropy, Astroscopy, Auriscopy, Autotypy, balneotherapy, Bumblepuppy, Cerebroscopy, Chappy, Chirrupy, Choppy, Concupy, Courtepy, Cranioscopy, Cuppy, Cynanthropy, Daguerreotypy, Floppy, Fool-happy, Galvanoscopy, gastroscopy, Geloscopy, Geoscopy, Happy, harpy, Hemitropy, Hieroscopy, horoscopy, hydrotherapy, isotropy, Lithotypy, Loppy, lycanthropy, Magnetotherapy, Manoscopy, Metallotherapy, Metoposcopy, microscopy, misanthropy, Mishappy, Myopy, Nauscopy, Nyctalopy, Oneiroscopy, Onomatopy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-l-o-o-o-p-r-s-u-y" | |
-3 letters: porously, scoopful, uroscopy. | |
-4 letters: colours, coypous, pylorus. | |
-5 letters: clours, colors, colour, corpus, coypou, coypus, croups, croupy, cyprus, floors, floosy, flours, floury, fluors, orlops, poorly, porous, poyous, proofs, scroop, scurfy, sourly, spoofy, sprucy. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-l-o-o-o-p-r-s-u-y" | |
+5 letters: fluoroscopically. | |
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