photography of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination, used in x-ray examination of the lungs of large groups of people; photofluorography
Word origin
[1940–45; fluoro- + -graphy]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: black box, redline, silkscreen, snorkel, whiteoutfluoro- is a combining form with the meanings “fluorine,” “fluoride,” used in the formationof compound words. Other words that use the affix fluoro- include: fluoroplastic, fluorouracil, photofluorogram, photofluorography, tetrafluoroethylene; -graphy is a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing,recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process. Otherwords that use the affix -graphy include: biography, choreography, geography, orthography, photography