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private patient — noun In the UK, a patient whose treatment is not being paid for by the National Health Service • • • Main Entry: ↑private * * * private patient UK US noun [countable] [singular private patient plural … Useful english dictionary
private patient — noun count MAINLY BRITISH a patient who chooses and pays for their own doctor and medical care, rather than using the care provided free by the government … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
private patient — n BrE someone who pays for medical treatment or advice, rather than receiving it free through the government s system … Dictionary of contemporary English
private patient — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms private patient : singular private patient plural private patients a patient who chooses and pays for their own doctor and medical care, rather than using the care provided free by the government … English dictionary
private patient — /praɪvət ˈpeɪʃənt/ (say pruyvuht payshuhnt) noun 1. a patient in a hospital who pays extra for choice of doctor and accommodation. 2. a patient in a private hospital. 3. a patient in a private ward …
private patient — British a person paying for specific medical care Not waiting to be treated under the National Health Service which, as a relic of command economy theory, cannot plan to have immediate resources available free and on demand for each of… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
private patient — noun (C) BrE someone who pays for medical treatment or advice, rather than receiving it free through the government s system … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
The Private Patient — infobox Book | name = The Private Patient title orig = translator = author = P. D. James cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Adam Dalgliesh #14 genre = Crime, Mystery publisher = Faber Faber release date = August,… … Wikipedia
private — adj. & n. adj. 1 belonging to an individual; one s own; personal (private property). 2 confidential; not to be disclosed to others (private talks). 3 kept or removed from public knowledge or observation. 4 a not open to the public. b for an… … Useful english dictionary
patient — I adj. patient in; with II n. 1) to cure; handle; treat a patient 2) to discharge a patient (from a hospital) 3) an ambulatory; cardiac; comatose; hospital; mental; private patient * * * [ peɪʃ(ə)nt] cardiac comatose handle hospital … Combinatory dictionary
