patient
Example Sentences
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She described a patient who died unnoticed in the corridor.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The findings, published June 9 in Nature Metabolism, are based on a large analysis of patient health records combined with advanced imaging studies of human brain tissue and mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
During his visit, the US-born leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics has denounced polarisation and called for "patient dialogue" instead of war and rearmament.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
A helicopter was used to reach the patient and allow paramedics to provide urgent medical care.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
By 1860, the practice of bleeding a patient is the last gasp of a treatment that goes back to the "bodily humors" theory of the ancient Greeks.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act V
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"A Noiseless Patient Spider" by Walt Whitman
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