cyberpatient

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English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ patient.

Noun

cyberpatient (plural cyberpatients)

  1. 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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