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Meaning of patients

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

patients

Pronunciation:

noun

Definitions

  1. A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.

  2. (grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.

    Example: The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.

  3. One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patienthttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patients

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