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patient

[pey-shuhnt] / ˈpeɪ ʃənt /


NOUN
person being treated for medical problem
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Because of that, billed patient revenue makes up just 44% of the hospital’s fiscal-year 2026 budget; the remainder comes from state and county funding.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Uganda has since announced it is totally Ebola-free, going against the protocol of waiting 42 days from when the last patient recovers to declare an outbreak over.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The long follow-up period connected genomic research at the Sanger Institute with routine patient care at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

She said she once had a patient who won a Pulitzer Prize, then immediately sank into a deep depression.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Nali said that the family of the female patient was north of Chinle, Arizona, a two-hour drive away.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

"One of my dreams is that we see a future where brain cancer isn't the biggest killer of patients under 40," Goodburn said during the recent Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

"Arginine supplementation could be readily tested in patients receiving immunotherapies or given to high-risk populations exposed to viral pathogens," Tavazoie suggests.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

The hospital has also doubled up many of its single-occupancy hospital rooms, converted its gift shop to a procedure room and resorted to treating patients in what were once meditation and waiting rooms.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Since the patients can’t tell you what’s wrong, it becomes a long process of ruling out diagnoses one by one, while providing supportive care and watching how the animal responds.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

On walls and in buildings, the Nazis plastered posters that advertised the taxpayers’ cost of caring for the patients.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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