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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(science fiction, chiefly Star Trek) 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.
Use medscanner when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Medscanner means (science fiction, chiefly Star Trek) A portable device capable of scanning a patient to diagnose sickness or injury..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He knelt beside Crusher and watched, briefly useless, as she passed her medscanner over the body. Except that it wasn't a body.
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