Collocations for "patient"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "patient" in context.
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patient
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [hospital, clinic, surgery] patients
- [out-going, day, admitted, regular] patients
- [cancer, terminal, arthritis] patients
- a hospital for [cancer] patients
- the doctor's (regular) patients
- [treat, advise, see, visit, console] patients
- patients are facing long [waits, delays]
- is a patient at [the state, a private] hospital
- the patients [suffered, complained] (of)
- the patient had [stomach, shoulder, kidney] complaints
- the patient is [stable, critical]
- the patient is in a [stable] condition
- the patient was [sent, referred] to (a specialist)
- [relatives, family, parents] of the patient
- the patient's [relatives]
- play doctors and patients
- patient [services, information, safety, needs, feedback]
- patient care [team, services]
- [need, have] to (just) be patient
- (try to) be patient
- please be patient!
- is patient with [her, it]
- is [very, particularly, so] patient
- a patient [worker, parent, teacher]
- is (not) a patient [child, kid, person]
- a patient [smile, wait, outcome]
'patient' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS
- able
- addiction
- admission
- admit
- adult
- angry
- any
- apron
- assess
- attend
- bleed
- burn
- caller
- care
- carefully
- casualty
- clear
- complain
- consulation
- consult
- corner
- courtesy
- critical
- cure
- deceased
- degree
- dentist
- diagnosis
- discharge
- discomfort
- disturb
- doctor
- dose
- drape
- dreadful
- dressing
- drip
- drug
- dying
- effectively
- elderly
- enable
- examine
- feed
- feedback
- flooding
- handout
- health
- healthy