Medical Terminology / Unit 14 MedTerm 0917 short lesson, about 20 seconds
fluor/o: Luminous
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The idea
The combining form fluor slash o names luminous or glowing, and in imaging names a continuous x-ray view.
In practice
Fluoroscopy is the visual examination of structures in motion using x-rays.
Where people slip
Fluoroscopy shows movement, where radiography captures a single moment.
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