patient : Idioms & Phrases
Index
doctor-patient relation
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noun the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient
WordNet
In patient
- a patient who receives lodging and food, as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary.
Webster 1913
nurse-patient relation
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noun the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient
WordNet
Out patient
- one who receives advice and medicine, or treatment, from an infirmary.
Webster 1913
out-patient
Out"-pa`tient noun
Definitions
A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it.
Webster 1913
patient of
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adjective satellite showing the capacity for endurance
tolerant.
- injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving
- a man patient of distractions
WordNet
patient role
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noun the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
affected role; patient.
WordNet
physician-patient privilege
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noun the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient
