fluoroscopy

English

fluoroscopy showing human swallowing

Etymology

From fluoro- +‎ -scopy.

Noun

fluoroscopy (countable and uncountable, plural fluoroscopies)

2. (medicine) Examination using a fluoroscope.

   Hypernym: imaging

   Hyponyms: cinefluoroscopy, gastrofluoroscopy, immunofluoroscopy, videofluoroscopy

   Coordinate terms: (other x-ray imaging) radiography (still/static pictures); computed tomography, CT, XRCT (tomographic)

Derived terms

• cinefluoroscopy
• gastrofluoroscopy
• immunofluoroscopy
• videofluoroscopy

Related terms

• fluoroscope
• fluoroscopic (adjective)
• fluoroscopically (adverb)
• fluoroscopist

Translations

examination using a fluoroscope

• Catalan: fluoroscòpia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 透視 / 透视 (zh) (tòushì)

• Finnish: läpivalaisu (fi), fluoroskopia
• French: fluoroscopie (fr) f
• Italian: fluoroscopia f
• Japanese: 間接撮影 (かんせつ さつえい, kansetsu satsuei)
• Spanish: fluoroscopia f