Fluoroscopy

n.

1.

Examination of an object, as the human body, by exposing it to the X rays and observing the shadow cast upon a fluorescent screen; cryptoscopy.

Noun

1.

fluoroscopy - examination of body structures using a fluoroscope

X-ray photometry, X-ray spectrometry, atom-tagging, curiescopy, orthodiagraphy, photofluorography, radiation physics, radiobiology, radiochemistry, radiography, radiological physics, radiology, radiometallography, radiometry, radiopathology, radioscopy, radiotechnology, radiotherapy, roentgenography, roentgenology, roentgenoscopy, spectroradiometry, tracer investigation