FLUOROSCOPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluoroscopy mean? 

• FLUOROSCOPY (noun)
  The noun FLUOROSCOPY has 1 sense:

1. examination of body structures using a fluoroscope

  Familiarity information: FLUOROSCOPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUOROSCOPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Examination of body structures using a fluoroscope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fluoroscopy" is a kind of...):

radiology; radioscopy ((radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation)

 Context examples 

A cardiac procedure performed under fluoroscopy to determine the area of the heart that is the source of aberrant electrical impulses that give rise to arrhythmias.

(Cardiac Electrophysiology Study, NCI Thesaurus)

Acquisition or display of radiographic images using digital techniques; includes digital video fluoroscopy, scan-projection radiography (SPR), digital subtraction and angiography (DSA), digital intravenous angiography (DIVA), and computed tomography.

(Digital X-Ray, NCI Thesaurus)