cyberpatient

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noun

A patient who receives medical diagnosis by means of a computer network.

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Meanings

nouncyberpatient (plural cyberpatients)

plural cyberpatients

  1. A patient who receives medical diagnosis by means of a computer network.

    Explicit medical videos are among the exceptions, allowing cyberpatients and other viewers 18 and over to watch videos of colonoscopies, appendectomies and open-heart surgery.

    2009 June 11, Malia Wollan, “Lights, Camera, Contraction!”, in New York Times

Origin

From cyber- + patient.

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APA

cyberpatient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberpatient

MLA

“cyberpatient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberpatient. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyberpatient,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberpatient.

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