telemedicinen.
/ˈtɛlᵻˌmɛd(ᵻ)s(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌmɛdəs(ə)n/ Medicine.
Medicine practised with the assistance of telecommunications technology, often to provide care in remote locations or to reduce the need for hospital visits.
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1968 Boston Sunday Globe 30 June (Mag.) 9/1 While he [sc. Dr. K. T. Bird] strongly feels the field of tele-medicine is just beginning, even in its present state telediagnosis offers an important extension of the eyes and ears of the doctor.
1987 Aviation Week (Nexis) 2 Nov. 70 One concept called tele-medicine would work to establish a satellite-based biomedical network for the extension of medical services to remote regions of the Pacific.
1995 Independent on Sunday 26 Mar. (Review Suppl.) 9/3 One of the great goals there is to diagnose illness in the home using telemedicine.
2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 18 July 26/3 It is fair to say that Ross and Cohen are obsessed with mobile phones; they speak at length about telemedicine, tele-education and something called telejustice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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