Fluoroscopic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fluoroscope \Flu*or"o*scope\, n. [Fluorescence + -scope.]
     1. (Phys.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting
        fluorescence.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Physics) A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the


        eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects
        placed in the path of the X rays. -- {Flu*or`o*scop"ic},
        a.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]