Meaning | A person who requires medical care. |
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Example | "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly" |
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Member of | doctor-patient relation | The responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient |
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nurse-patient relation | The responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient |
Narrower | alexic | A person with alexia |
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analysand | A person undergoing psychoanalysis |
arthritic | A person afflicted with arthritis |
hypertensive | A person who has abnormally high blood pressure |
hypochondriac | A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments |
hypotensive | A person who has abnormally low blood pressure |
index case | The earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study |
inpatient, inmate | A patient who is residing in the hospital / hospital where he is being treated |
outpatient | A patient who does not reside in the hospital / hospital where he is being treated |
vaccinee | A patient who has been vaccinated |
Broader | case | A person requiring professional services |
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sick person, diseased person, sufferer | A person suffering from an illness |
Spanish | paciente |
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Catalan | pacient |
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