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patients

noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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