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noun ADJ. Aids, cancer, diabetic, heart, etc. | mental, mentally-ill, psychiatric | seriously-ill, terminally-ill | hospital | long-stay | private He only takes private patients. | elderly, older | adult, child VERB + PATIENT examine, see, treat A GP sees an average of 35 patients every day. | admit The patient was admitted to hospital yesterday. | discharge patients waiting to be discharged from hospital | transfer PATIENT + VERB develop sth, have sth, suffer from sth The patient has a severe mental condition. | respond (to sth) These patients are responding well to the new drug. | improve PATIENT + NOUN care PREP. ~ with patients with liver disease, adj. VERBS be, sound | remain ADV. extremely, incredibly, very | endlessly PREP. about She's been extremely patient about it all. | with He was endlessly patient with the children.
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patient
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + patient
a cancer/AIDS etc patient
• One in three cancer patients suffers no pain at all.
a heart patient
(= one with heart disease )
• Some heart patients have to wait between three months and a year for surgery.
a mental/psychiatric patient
(= one with problems relating to their mind )
• The drug was used in the past to treat mental patients.
a seriously ill/critically ill patient
• The ward was packed with seriously ill patients.
a hospital patient
• All hospital patients have to follow a daily routine.
verbs
treat a patient
(= try to cure their illness or injury )
• Patients are treated in terms of priority.
see a patient
• I stayed in the treatment room while the doctor saw another patient.
examine a patient
• Can you please wait outside while the physician examines the patient.
a patient receives treatment/a drug
• Twelve of these patients were receiving treatment with a new drug.
a patient responds to treatment
(= starts recovering )
• Some patients respond quickly and satisfactorily to treatment.
a patient recovers
• The treatment succeeded and the patient recovered rapidly.
a patient is admitted (to hospital(BRE) /the hospital(American) )
• This examination should be done when the patient is admitted to hospital.
a patient is discharged (from hospital)
(= allowed to leave it )
• The patient was discharged after eight days.
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