medscanner

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noun

A portable device capable of scanning a patient to diagnose sickness or injury.

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Meanings

nounmedscanner (plural medscanners)

plural medscanners

  1. chiefly Star TrekliteratureA portable device capable of scanning a patient to diagnose sickness or injury.

    He knelt beside Crusher and watched, briefly useless, as she passed her medscanner over the body. Except that it wasn't a body.

    1997, Diane Duane, Intellivore, page 102
    1 more example

    Deep wounds in his chest were seeping blood, and the medscanner Tacitus had pressed against his neck showed his vital signs on the wane.

    2009, Neal Asher, Cowl, page 380

Origin

Blend of medical + scanner.

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Cite this entry
APA

medscanner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medscanner

MLA

“medscanner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medscanner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medscanner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medscanner.

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