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medscanner

noun

Etymology

Blend of medical + scanner.

  1. derived from *skend-✻
  2. inherited from scanne — “to mark off verse to show metrical structure”
  3. formed as scanner — “scan + -er”
  4. compounded as medscanner — “medical + scanner”

Definitions

  1. A 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.
    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA