- 1a person who is receiving medical treatment, especially in a hospital cancer patients
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- 2a person who receives treatment from a particular doctor, dentist, etc. He's one of Dr. Shaw's patients.
- 3(grammar) the person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb. In the sentence “I started the car,” the patient is car. compare agent
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