telediagnosis

[ tel-i-dahy-uhg-noh-sis ]

noun

, plural tel·e·di·ag·no·ses [tel-i-dahy-, uh, g-, noh, -seez].

1. the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.

Word History and Origins

Origin of telediagnosis¹

First recorded in 1960–65; tele- ¹ + diagnosis