Picturephone

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    videophone

    "The program has twelve picturephones that link Illinois State Psychiatric Institute (ISPI) with Illinois State Pediatric Institute (one city block away) […]"

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videophone

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"The program has twelve picturephones that link Illinois State Psychiatric Institute (ISPI) with Illinois State Pediatric Institute (one city block away) […]"

Etymology

From picture + phone; a trademark of the 1960s for the earliest such device.

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