fluorimetern.
/flʊəˈrɪmᵻtə/, /flɔːˈrɪmᵻtə/, /flᵿˈrɪmᵻtə/, U.S. /flʊˈrɪmədər/, /flɔˈrɪmədər/ 1. = fluoroscope n. 2. rare (disused).
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [noun] > equipment used in
fluoroscope1893
photofluoroscope1896
skiascope1896
fluorimeter1898
stethendoscope1899
roentgenoscope1905
penetrometer1907
penetrameter1912
roentgenkymograph1914
stereofluoroscope1932
tomograph1935
kymograph1936
phototimer1942
photoscope1944
pantomograph1954
orthopantomograph1959
panograph1961
1898 E. J. Houston Dict. Electr. Words (ed. 4) 783/2 Fluorimeter,..a fluoroscope.
1910 Hawkins' Electr. Dict. 171/2 Fluorimeter, a name sometimes given to the fluoroscope.
2. Chemistry and Biochemistry. = fluorometer n. 3.
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fluorophotometric1908
fluorometer1913
fluorimeter1919
1919 Sci. Abstr. A. 22 513 The comparison and measurement of fluorescence in connection with radio-active substances have been carried out best by observing the fluorescence through absorbent screens. The fluorimeter here described is based on this principle.
1953 E. J. Bowen & F. Wokes Fluorescence of Solutions viii. 58 The term ‘fluorimeter’..is now generally accepted in Great Britain. Alternative terms such as ‘fluorometer’ and ‘fluorophotometer’ are in use in America.
1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 4044/1 Fluorescence was measured on a Perkin-Elmer fluorimeter.
2010 E. G. Bellinger & D. C. Sigee Freshwater Algae ii. 51/2 These in situ methods include..use of fluorimeters to determine pigment/particulate concentrations.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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