patient, n.
(patients)
freq. cnt. 73
(patients)
freq. cnt. 73
a person who requires medical care
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 73 freq. cnt.: 73
patient
sample sentences
"the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
semantic pointers
hyponym
alexic
analysand
arthritic
hypertensive
hypochondriac
hypotensive
index case
inmate, inpatient
outpatient
vaccinee
hypernym
member holonym
the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
<noun.communication>
affected role patient patient role
semantic pointers
hypernym