patienthoodn.
/ˈpeɪʃnthʊd/, U.S. /ˈpeɪʃ(ə)ntˌ(h)ʊd/ A body of patients; the state or condition of being a patient.
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patienthood1877
1877 Worcs. Chron. 20 Jan. 5/3 We are pleased to observe that the Lancet (one of the foremost of the professional journals), in the interests of the profession and poor patienthood in general, has taken up this difference between the Dispensary Committee and one of their medical officers, ending in his being summarily ‘sacked’ like a plundering shop boy.
1957 Ethics 67 181/2 All the warnings..indicate a patienthood perhaps already a little too free with their desires.
1971 Harper's Mag. May 111/2 Hers is the best account of the psychology of patienthood in a modern hospital I've ever read.
2003 Observer (Nexis) 5 Jan. (Mag.) 22 My first hospitalisation occurred when I was 14, my last when I was 24. I have devoted exactly one decade of my life to patienthood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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