photofluoroscopyn.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)flʊəˈrɒskəpi/, /ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)flɔːˈrɒskəpi/, /ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)fləˈrɒskəpi/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdəˌflʊˈrɑskəpi/, /ˈˌfoʊdəˌflɔˈrɑskəpi/ Medicine.
= photofluorography n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [noun] > specific techniques
fluorography1896
fluoroscopy1896
Roentgenism1898
roentgenoscopy1903
skiascopy1908
teleradiography1908
teleroentgenography1908
orthoroentgenography1911
pneumography1921
stereofluoroscopy1928
kymography1930
tomography1935
photofluorography1941
neutron radiography1948
pantomography1952
photofluoroscopy1955
orthopantomography1959
panography1961
stereoradiography1965
computerized axial tomography1973
computed tomography1974
computerized tomography1974
CT1974
positron emission tomography1976
PET1979
1955 G. L. Clark Appl. X-rays (ed. 4) ix. 197 (heading) Photofluoroscopy (indirect radiography).
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XI. 302/2 The photography of the fluorescent image, as in mass chest examinations, is called photofluoroscopy.
2003 Arch. Environmental Health 58 144 The authors investigated the prevalence of asbestos-related disorders... Subjects..were examined by photofluoroscopy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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