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pedoscope

pedoscope noun: a fluoroscope formerly used in shoe shops to aid in the fitting of shoes, especially to children; eventually banned because of the health risks from X-rays.

pedoscope: a fluoroscope formerly used in shoe shops to aid in the fitting of shoes, especially to children;...
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Noun

pedoscope (plural pedoscopes)

  1. A fluoroscope formerly used in shoe shops to aid in the fitting of shoes, especially to children; eventually banned because of the health risks from X-rays.

pedoscope meaning in Tamil

pedoscope in Tamil

நுண் கதிரொலி கருவி

Forms of pedoscope

pluralpedoscopes

Origin of pedoscope

From the name of the British company that manufactured them, from pedo- (“foot”) + -scope. Piecewise doublet of podoscope.

Questions about pedoscope

What does pedoscope mean?
Pedoscope means a fluoroscope formerly used in shoe shops to aid in the fitting of shoes, especially to children; eventually banned because of the health risks from X-rays.
What is pedoscope in Tamil?
Pedoscope in Tamil is நுண் கதிரொலி கருவி. See Pedoscope meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pedoscope?
Pedoscope is a noun.
What is the plural of pedoscope?
The plural of pedoscope is pedoscopes.

Words near pedoscope in the dictionary

  1. pedorthist
  2. pedorthists
  3. pedos
  4. pedosaur
  5. pedosaurs
  6. pedoscope
  7. pedoscopes
  8. pedosediment
  9. pedosedimentary
  10. pedosediments
  11. pedosexual

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pedoscope (page history and authors); pedoscope (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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