单词 | patientless |
释义 | patientlessadj. Of a doctor, hospital, etc.: having no patients. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [adjective] > without patients patientless1798 1798 A. Brillat-Savarin Let. in Mod. Lang. Notes (1930) 45 2 A patient-less phisician. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 310 Any young aspiring surgeon, or patientless physician. 1885 J. D. Philbrick City School Syst. U.S. 14 Patientless doctors and clientless lawyers. 1955 E. H. Visiak Mirror of Conrad 149 Like a tyro of a briefless barrister, or patientless doctor (in former times)..the brand new ship's officer must possess his soul in patience. 1993 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 25 Apr. 3 d (heading) ‘Patientless’ hospital still offers care. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1798 |
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