photofluorographicadj.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)flʊərəˈɡrafɪk/, /ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)flɔːrəˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdəˌflʊrəˈɡræfɪk/, /ˈˌfoʊdəˌflɔrəˈɡræfɪk/ Medicine.
Of or relating to photofluorography.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [adjective] > using specific techniques
fluoroscopic1896
roentgenographic1906
stereofluoroscopic1928
tomographic1935
planigraphic1936
photofluorographic1941
orthoroentgenographic1946
panographic1952
pantomographic1952
pantomographical1952
radiopharmacological1963
CT1974
CAT1975
computed tomographic1975
PET1979
1941 Med. Jrnl. Austral. 1 267/2 The four inches by five inches photofluorographic unit incorporates a special 14 inches by 17 inches fluorescent screen.
1972 J. E. Cullinan Illustr. Guide X-ray Technics i. 24/1 A photofluorographic unit is a quick, efficient way to accomplish mass survey chest radiography.
2001 Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel (Nexis) 2 July b1 The photofluorographic technique, which produced an image of the chest on a fluorescent screen, reportedly delivered a radiation dose to the bone marrow that was about 100 times greater than today's X-ray method.
Derivatives
ˌphotofluoroˈgraphically adv. by means of photofluorography.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [adverb] > using specific techniques
fluoroscopically1896
roentgenoscopically1909
tomographically1937
photofluorographically1949
1949 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 61 186/1 All patients above the age of forty..will be examined photofluorographically.
1973 Cancer Chemotherapy Rep. Part 3 4 95 (title) Survival factors in patients with primary lung cancer photofluorographically detected.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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