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patient

[pay-shuhnt] / ˈpeɪ ʃənt /


NOUN
person being treated for medical problem
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The patient is usually able to lift off in the helicopter within about two hours of the decision that they need transport.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Experiments using patient derived MDS cells and animal models showed that interfering with NAD metabolism reduced the number of disease driving stem cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Generally, Medicare pays only 80% of a person’s doctor expenses and hospital coverage begins only after a patient covers the $1,736 deductible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The NHS insists sensitive patient data remains stored in Britain, is not owned by Palantir and is not used for commercial purposes or AI training.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

“H is for the patient horse, plowing in its furrow.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

“Those patients that we decided need to get medevac’d need to get to a higher level of care.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

It's something Dr Nicholas Hac, a neurologist at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago who specialises in dizziness and vertigo, has also heard from some of his patients.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

"That has left many patients facing years of uncertainty."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

If future studies confirm the connection, the researchers say it could offer clues about why some patients remain chronically ill even after the initial infection, stressor, or other trigger is no longer present.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Studying the brain scans of these Phineas-like patients, the Damasios wonder what a brain scan of Phineas Gage himself would have shown.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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