tel·e·med·i·cine (t?l??-m?d??-s?n)n. The use of telecommunications technology to provide, enhance, or expedite health care services, as by accessing offsite databases, linking clinics or physicians’ offices to central hospitals, or transmitting x-rays or other diagnostic images for examination at another site.tel?e·med?i·cal (-?-k?l) adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.telemedicine (?t?l??m?d?s?n; -?m?ds?n) n (Medicine) the treatment of disease or injury by consultation with a specialist in a distant place, esp by means of a computer or satellite linkCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014