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Rareindex patient
The correct spelling is index patient.
How to pronounce index patient
noun
Say it like: Ind-ex -pat-een-t
The correct spelling is index patient. The first documented patient in a disease epidemic within a population or the first case of interest in an epidemiological investigation; the case of patient zero.
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noun
- 1.The first documented patient in a disease epidemic within a population or the first case of interest in an epidemiological investigation; the case of patient zero.
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