cyberpatient
English
Etymology
cyber- + patient
Noun
cyberpatient (plural cyberpatients)
- A patient who receives medical diagnosis by means of a computer network.
- 2009 June 11, Malia Wollan, “Lights, Camera, Contraction!”, in New York Times:
- 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.
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See also
- telemedicine