A medical imaging technique that uses X-rays and a fluorescent screen to create real-time moving images of internal body structures, especially used for examining the chest and bones.
From fluoro- + Greek graphia, 'writing' or 'recording'. This term emerged in the 1930s as a practical alternative to static X-ray photography for continuous imaging.
Fluorography was the precursor to modern live-action medical imaging and used to be the standard way doctors screened for tuberculosis—millions got 'fluoroed' at health clinics before it fell out of favor.
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