- a person who is receiving medical treatment, especially in a hospital
- cancer/AIDS/heart patients
- critically ill/elderly patients
- Hospitals are treating more patients than ever before.
- patients receiving/undergoing treatment
- patient with something patients with heart disease
- patient care/safety
Extra ExamplesTopics Healthcarea2- Many patients present with conditions that cannot be easily diagnosed.
- Patients undergoing chemotherapy may be at a higher risk of infection.
- The patient has a severe heart condition.
- The patient was admitted to hospital yesterday.
- These patients are responding well to the new drug.
- A high proportion of their lung cancer patients had been heavy smokers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- AIDS
- cancer
- cardiac
- …
- assess
- examine
- see
- …
- develop something
- have something
- suffer from something
- …
- care
- patient with
- a person who receives treatment from a particular doctor, dentist, etc.
- He's one of Dr Shaw's patients.
- He only takes private patients.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- AIDS
- cancer
- cardiac
- …
- assess
- examine
- see
- …
- develop something
- have something
- suffer from something
- …
- care
- patient with
- (grammar) the person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb. In the sentence ‘I started the car’, the patient is car. compare agent
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati.
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