patient
Example Sentences
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The median patient was 64 and no one over 75 was enrolled.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Only about 45% of people in direct contact with an Ebola patient are currently being followed up, partly because the epicentre of the latest outbreak is in an area hit by conflict.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Even though the federal government mandates coverage of preventive colonoscopies and stool tests at no cost to the patient, money can still be a reason why people put off getting screened.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
“So you need to be really patient instead of attacking the pin. So I really try to follow what my caddie says.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Dr. Harlow says that after Phineas leaves Boston in 1850 he gets information about his former patient only from Phineas's mother.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing patient
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act V
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"A Noiseless Patient Spider" by Walt Whitman
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