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Definition: Fluoroscope |
FluoroscopeNoun1. An X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | An x-ray machine that makes it possible to see internal organs in motion. (references) |
Mining | An instrument consisting of a fluorescent screen and a source of ionizing radiation. Used to examine the image formed by opaque objects placed inthe beam. (references) |
Physics | An X-ray tube and fluorescent screen, with or without an image intensifier, and associated equipment used for fluoroscopy ; X-rays which have traversed the organ under examination are made to cast a shadow on a screen; the varying densities of the shadow image represent the state of the organ. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: FluoroscopeSynonym: roentgenoscope (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fluoroscope |
| English words defined with "fluoroscope": fluoroscopy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fluoroscope": angiographer ♦ chief, radiolog ♦ DEICER INSPECTOR, ELECTRIC ♦ electric deicer inspector ♦ FLUOROSCOPE OPERATOR ♦ ice-guard inspector ♦ radiographer, angiogra, radiographer, cardiac catheterization, RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST, CHIEF ♦ SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGIST, ANGIOGRAM, SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGIST, CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, special vascular imaging technologis, STENCIL INSPECTOR. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Caption: Edison Looking Through Fluoroscope; 1896; {14.610/38} (jpg). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Using a machine called a fluoroscope, the radiologist is also able to watch your digestive system work as the barium moves through it. This part of the procedure shows any problems in how the digestive system functions, for example, whether the muscles that control swallowing are working properly. (references) | |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fluoroscope | 19 |
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| Language | Translations for "fluoroscope"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 萤光透视镜. (various references) | |
Danish | fluoroskop (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope), roentgengennemlysningsapparat (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope), gennemlysningsapparat (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope, transillumination apparatus), apparat til roentgenoskopi (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope). (various references) | |
Dutch | toestel voor röntgenscopie (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope), toestel voor doorlichting (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope), diafanoscoop (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope, transillumination apparatus). (various references) | |
French | appareil de radioscopie (fluoroscopic apparatus), appareil de radiodiagnostic (fluoroscopic apparatus). (various references) | |
German | fluoroskop, RoentgenoskopieApparat (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope), Roentgendurchleuchtungs-Apparat (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope), leuchtschirm (fluoroscopic), Durchleuchtungsgeraet (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope). (various references) | |
Greek | συσκευή ακτινοσκόπησης (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope). (various references) | |
Hungarian | átvilágít (to fluoroscope). (various references) | |
Indonesian | fluoroskop. (various references) | |
Italian | apparecchio di radioscopia (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uoroscopeflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aparelho de radioscopia (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | radioskopski aparat. (various references) | |
Spanish | fluoroscopio (fluoroscopic apparatus, radioscopic apparatus, roentgenoscope). (various references) | |
Turkish | fluoroskop, röntgen perdesi (fluoroscopic screen). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fluoroscope": fluoroscoped, fluoroscopes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-l-o-o-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: supercool. | |
-3 letters: couplers, precools, prefocus, scoopful. | |
-4 letters: closeup, closure, colours, colures, coolers, coopers, coupler, couples, creosol, croupes, focuser, forceps, leprous, loopers, oospore, ourself, pelorus, precool, profuse, purfles, recoups, refocus, scooper, scruple, spoofer, sporule. | |
-5 letters: ceorls, cerous, closer, clours, coleus, colors, colour, colure, cooers, cooler, cooper, copers, corpse, corpus, coupes, couple, course, cresol, croupe, croups. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-l-o-o-o-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: fluoroscoped, fluoroscopes. | |
+2 letters: fluoroscopies. | |
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