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Scan vs Medscanner - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between scan and medscanner

is that scan is an instance of scanning while medscanner is a portable device capable of scanning a patient to diagnose sickness or injury.

As a verb scan

is to examine sequentially, part by part.

scan

English

Verb

(scann)
  • To examine sequentially, part by part.
  • (computing) To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
  • To look about for.
    • He scanned the horizon.
  • (poetry) To fit or conform to a specific meter.
  • (obsolete) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of scanning.
    • The operators vacated the room during the scan .
  • The result or output of a scanning process.
    • The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.

    See also

    * pan and scan * scanlate * scanlation * scanlator * scanner

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    medscanner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.