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medical tricorder

fictional device specialised for medical use and real-life devices inspired by the fictional ones
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medical tricorder

Summary

medical tricorder ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • medical tricorder is a type of tricorder[2].
  • medical tricorder is a type of medical device[3].
  • medical tricorder's described by source is recorded as Star Trek The Next Generation Technical Manual[4].
  • medical tricorder's described by source is recorded as Starlog Presents: The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Journal[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include tricorder[2] and medical device[3].

Why It Matters

medical tricorder ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). medical tricorder. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/medical-tricorder
MLA “medical tricorder.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/medical-tricorder.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_medical-tricorder_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{medical tricorder}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/medical-tricorder}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 5d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    Described by source → Star Trek The Next Generation Technical Manual, Starlog Presents: The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Journal
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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