fluo·ro·scope
ˈflu̇r-ə-ˌskōp 
ˈflȯr-
: an instrument used for observing the internal structure of an opaque object (such as the living body) by means of X-rays
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Boone said that an initial fluoroscope, a low-grade X-ray, came back clean.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
Using the fluoroscope, the healthcare provider will implant one or more leads into the appropriate chambers of the heart.
—Jennifer Whitlock, Rn, Msn, Fn, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
The shoe-fitting fluoroscope did not escape notice.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2020
Then, guided by X-ray images from a fluoroscope, a surgeon manually threads the wire through the body, up into the brain and maneuvers it to remove the blockage.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 Aug. 2019
The devices on display include a vibratory chair, which supposedly cured constipation and headaches through shaking so violent that patients had to hold tight to its handles, and a fluoroscope, once casually used in shoe stores to X-ray customers’ feet.
—Emily Elert, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2012
Christopher Rowland, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2022
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Noun
Multiple claimants asserted inventing or developing shoe-fitting fluoroscopes in Milwaukee.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Boone said that an initial fluoroscope, a low-grade X-ray, came back clean.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
Using the fluoroscope, the healthcare provider will implant one or more leads into the appropriate chambers of the heart.
—Jennifer Whitlock, Rn, Msn, Fn, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
The shoe-fitting fluoroscope did not escape notice.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2020
Then, guided by X-ray images from a fluoroscope, a surgeon manually threads the wire through the body, up into the brain and maneuvers it to remove the blockage.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 Aug. 2019
The devices on display include a vibratory chair, which supposedly cured constipation and headaches through shaking so violent that patients had to hold tight to its handles, and a fluoroscope, once casually used in shoe stores to X-ray customers’ feet.
—Emily Elert, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2012
Verb
The shutdown of the facility in Shanghai in April halted production of contrast media, an iodine solution that medical staff inject into blood vessels to allow a device such as a CT scanner or fluoroscope to see inside the body.
—Christopher Rowland, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2022
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“Fluoroscope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluoroscope. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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fluoroscope
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flu·o·ro·scope
ˈflu̇r-ə-ˌskōp
: an instrument used chiefly in industry and in medical diagnosis for observing the internal structure of opaque objects (as the living body) by means of the shadow cast by the object examined upon a fluorescent screen when placed between the screen and a source of X-rays
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