medscanner

English

Etymology

Blend of medical +‎ scanner

Noun

medscanner (plural medscanners)

  1. (science fiction, chiefly Star Trek) A portable device capable of scanning a patient to diagnose sickness or injury.
    • 1997, Diane Duane, Intellivore, page 102:
      He knelt beside Crusher and watched, briefly useless, as she passed her medscanner over the body. Except that it wasn't a body.
    • 2009, Neal Asher, Cowl, page 380:
      Deep wounds in his chest were seeping blood, and the medscanner Tacitus had pressed against his neck showed his vital signs on the wane.
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