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patient

[pey-shuhnt] / ˈpeɪ ʃənt /


NOUN
person being treated for medical problem
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St Andrew's Healthcare, which is a charity, said patient wellbeing was its priority.

From BBC

Alpha’s mom, who works in a hospital vainly treating these incurable patients, doesn’t want her only child to come down with the disease.

From Los Angeles Times

As well as the patient, a paramedic and another person were in the back of the ambulance when it was driven off.

From BBC

The condition does not look the same in every patient, making it especially difficult to understand and treat.

From Science Daily

Their patients were moving away because of the smog, and the doctors were telling them to go.

From Los Angeles Times