FLUOROSCOPY

fluoroscopy

(noun) examination of body structures using a fluoroscope

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fluoroscopy (countable and uncountable, plural fluoroscopies)

(medicine) Examination using a fluoroscope.

Source: Wiktionary


Flu`or*os"co*py, n.

Definition: Examination of an object, as the human body, by exposing it to the X rays and observing the shadow cast upon a fluorescent screen; cryptoscopy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 June 2025

ROOTS

(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”


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