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patients

The correct spelling is patients.

How to pronounce patients

noun

Say it like: Pat-een-ts

The correct spelling is patients. A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person. For example: "The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient."

Usage Examples

The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
  2. 2.(grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
  3. 3.One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

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