optical system in which the image is conveyed by a compact bundle of small-diameter, flexible, transparent fibers.
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fi·ber·op·tics (fi″bər-opґtiks) 1. the transmission of an image along flexible bundles of coated parallel glass or plastic fibers that propagate light by internal reflections. 2. the branch of optics dealing with such transmission.Medical dictionary. 2011.