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  • 91Patient Transport Compartment — Das Patient Transport Compartment (Abk.: PTC; dt.: Patiententransportabteil) ist eine Einrichtung der Lufthansa, mit deren Hilfe es möglich ist, Intensivpatienten mit einer Linienmaschine auf einem normalen Linienflug zu transportieren. Es wird… …

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  • 92Patient Zero — Als Indexpatient (auch „Patient Null“, engl. patient zero) bezeichnet man in der Epidemiologie jene Person, von der aus die Ausbreitung einer Erkrankung, meist einer Infektion, ihren mutmaßlichen Ursprung genommen hat. Der Indexpatient im… …

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  • 93patient — 01. The hospital was so full that they had to move some [patients] into the hall because the rooms were too crowded. 02. The [patient] waited nervously for the doctor to tell her the results of her tests. 03. The children waited [patiently] for… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 94patient — pa|tient1 W1S2 [ˈpeıʃənt] n someone who is receiving medical treatment from a doctor or in a hospital patient 2 patient2 W3 adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin, present participle of pati to suffer ] able to wait calmly for a long time… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 95patient — 1. adjective 1) I must ask you to be patient Syn: forbearing, uncomplaining, tolerant, resigned, stoical; calm, composed, even tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable, accommodating, understanding, indulgent; informal unflappable, cool 2) …

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  • 96patient — /ˈpeɪʃənt / (say payshuhnt) noun 1. someone who is under medical or surgical treatment. 2. a person or thing that undergoes action (opposed to agent). –adjective 3. enduring pain, trouble, affliction, hardship, etc., with fortitude, calmness, or… …

  • 97patient advocate — A person who helps a patient work with others who have an effect on the patient s health, including doctors, insurance companies, employers, case managers, and lawyers. A patient advocate helps resolve issues about health care, medical bills, and …

    English dictionary of cancer terms

  • 98Patient trade-off — The trade off dilemma in prostate cancer treatment refers to the choice between different treatments for localized prostate cancer (a tumor that is contained within the prostate). The choice is a trade off between the expected beneficial and… …

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  • 99Patient autonomy — The right of patients to make decisions about their medical care without their health care provider trying to influence the decision. Patient autonomy does allow for health care providers to educate the patient but does not allow the health care… …

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  • 100Patient — This interesting surname is of early medieval English and Old French origin, and is an example of that sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. The nicknames were given in the first …

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