Definitions for patients
pa·tients

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1. Patients

   Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'patients' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #521

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'patients' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1787

Anagrams for patients »

1. antipest

How to pronounce patients?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say patients in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of patients in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of patients in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of patients in a Sentence

1. Stephanie Bonne:

   There is a feeling of helplessness like you're trying and trying, you're trying to push against the system, and yet the patients just keep coming and coming.

2. Pablo Marco:

   [Doctors Without Borders] has no laboratory evidence to confirm the cause of these symptoms, however, the patients’ clinical symptoms, the way these symptoms changed over time, and the patients’ testimony about the circumstances of the poisoning all point to exposure to a chemical agent.

3. Michael Weyant:

   As the only hospital in our region able to provide lung transplants, University of Colorado Hospital is able to care for Cystic Fibrosis patients throughout the full course of this devastating disease, we perform a large number of lung transplants and liver transplants each year, but combining the two transplants into the same surgery is rare, and this will enable the patient to recover more quickly and get back to his life.

4. Bernice Fischer:

   It is not that they were some of the first women POWs that made them special, but that they were average American from average towns and they survived in a horrific environment while never losing their commitment to serving their patients.

5. Poulam Patel:

   The Results also suggest that melanoma will continue to be a health issue over the coming years, and we will need to find effective strategies to accurately diagnose and successfully treat patients.

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