Crossword clues for fluoroscope
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fluoroscope \Flu*or"o*scope\, n. [Fluorescence + -scope.]
(Phys.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.
(Physics) A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays. -- Flu*or`o*scop"ic, a.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (cx now rare English) A device used to measure the fluorescence of a solution. 2 (cx medicine English) A device used to view continuous live X-ray images on a fluorescent screen.
WordNet
n. an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation [syn: roentgenoscope]
Usage examples of "fluoroscope".
And as the spotlight dimmed, the walls of the entranceway remained milkily translucent, as if they concealed secrets like a metal detector and a fluoroscope.
The hall was filled with rusting antique apparatus: a centrifuge, an operating table, a wrecked fluoroscope, autoclaves, cases of corroded surgical instruments.
In the course of the next two hours he was assigned to a room (cheerful, clean, reasonably comfortable), given a card of special customs to read, weighed, measured, photographed, blood tests made, fluoroscoped, metabolic rate checked, and a dozen other items of clinical examination performed.
The doctor placed in our hands a couple of fluoroscopes, an apparatus by which X-rays can be detected.
Then they went over me again slowly with fluoroscopes and metal detectors removing, painfully, those other devices that were better hidden.
The capsule had popped onto Follard's desk from the Tower's security system, hidden from the scanners as it ran past a battery of useless fluoroscopes and radiation testers.