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patient

patient

∞ 1.9
A person who is getting medical care from a doctor or hospital
  • noun
  • /ˈpeɪʃənt/
: paciente
  • The doctor checked on each patient to see how they were responding to the treatment.
  • patient care
  • patients undergo treatment
  • treat patients

Now it's one out of five patients who are dying.

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Examples

  • So you have a new patient come into your facility.

  • I think it makes your patients feel more cared for.

  • This is where I treat patients and do my work.

    The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

  • And then both groups of patients were put in this design.

  • And look how much better these patients do now.

  • Every movement and every moment of every patient is recorded here.

    Harmony (2022)

  • Very few of our patients are committed by the state.

    Small Apartments (2012)

  • All these patients are women.

    Hitler's Children (1943)

  • Now it's one out of five patients who are dying.

    Big Think

  • - How many patients are you treating here, Paul?

    Rampage (1987)

Synonyms

sick person
vspatient
54 1.0

A person who is ill

is a person receiving medical treatment or care often in a hospital

Compounds

patient zero
  • Specialized
12 7.0

First known person infected in an outbreak who may spread the disease to others

worst patient
  • Informal
2 7.9

A patient who does not follow health advice and is hard to treat

patient of
1 6.0

Can accept problems or criticism calmly without complaining

patient zero
1 6.8

Person who is the first source of a spreading trend, like a rumor or scandal

physician-patient privilege
  • Formal
1 6.5

A legal right that keeps what a patient tells their doctor private unless the patient agrees to share it

nurse-patient relation
  • Formal
3.9

The way a nurse and a patient work together, with the nurse trying to help and protect the patient's health

patient role
  • Specialized
8.5

A person or thing that an action happens to in a sentence

How Recovered

recovered
31 3.1
convalescent
5 7.5
patient
∞ 1.9
sick person
54 1.0

Surface Forms

patient singular
patients plural

Etymology

Patient comes from the Latin word patiens, which means 'one who suffers'. So a patient in a hospital is literally someone being cared for because they are ill or in pain.