medscanner
English
Etymology
Blend of medical + scanner
Noun
medscanner (plural medscanners)
- (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.
- 1997, Diane Duane, Intellivore (page 102)