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pa·tient

n 1  :  a sick individual esp. when awaiting or under the care and treatment of a physician or surgeon <the hospital is equipped to handle 500 s>   2  :  a client for medical service (as of a physician or dentist) <a good practice with a large number of s>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  pa·tent  po·tent  pudenda  pudendi 

 
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