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patient

[pay-shuhnt] / หˆpeษช สƒษ™nt /


NOUN
person being treated for medical problem
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Screening turned that logic on its head: Find cancer before the patient knows it is there, when it is still small enough to treat.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Oct. 1, 2026

An NHS spokesperson said "patient safety incident investigations should always be published, with any necessary redactions to protect patients' identities, while making sure the lessons and learning are clear".

From BBC โ— Oct. 1, 2026

Sometimes a clinician holds the patient's arm, while in other cases the patient rests the arm in their lap.

From Science Daily โ— 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 โ— Oct. 1, 2026

Miss Penelope Lumley would say yes, of course they were; like all children, they simply needed patient instruction on how to behave properly.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

And they make patients seek permission before certain procedures.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Oct. 1, 2026

These include failing to carry out "timely and thorough observations" of patients, then falsifying records "in the safe knowledge that staff on duty would not report or escalate the deception".

From BBC โ— Oct. 1, 2026

"At Mount Sinai we are creating and cryopreserving miBrains from patients," Dr. Blanchard added.

From Science Daily โ— Oct. 1, 2026

Before her foray into politics, she was an attorney who founded a legal health clinic in Mississippi to combat discrimination in housing, employment and medical care against HIV/AIDS patients.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Oct. 1, 2026

During the rainy season, Joey and the other patients huddle in the corners of the overcrowded cabins to escape the water, which pools on the floor and rots the wood.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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