fiberoptics /fi·ber·op·tics/ (fi″ber-op´tiks) the transmission of an image along flexible bundles of glass or plastic fibers, each of which carries an element of the image.
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In medicine, fiberoptics uses glass or plastic fibers to transmit light through a specially designed tube. The tube is inserted into organs or body cavities where it transmits a magnified image of the internal body structures.
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fiberoptics
[-op′tiks]
the technical process by which an internal organ or cavity can be viewed, using glass or plastic fibers to transmit light through a specially designed tube and reflect a magnified image. Also spelled fibreoptics. fiberoptic, adj.
fiberoptics [fi″ber-op´tiks]
the transmission of an image along flexible bundles of glass or plastic fibers each of which carries an element of the image.
fiberoptics
(fīb
rop´tiks),
n the technical process by which an internal organ or cavity can be viewed, using glass or plastic fibers to transmit light through a special tube designed to magnify and reflect an image of the surface of the internal region under observation.
rop´tiks), n the technical process by which an internal organ or cavity can be viewed, using glass or plastic fibers to transmit light through a special tube designed to magnify and reflect an image of the surface of the internal region under observation.
fiberoptics
the transmission of an image along flexible bundles of glass or plastic fibers each of which carries an element of the image.
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