| 单词 | private patient |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate patient private patient n. a patient who pays for treatment rather than receiving it free or under subsidy from the State or a public body. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > patient > [noun] > others private patient1754 panel patient1913 mental patient1916 inactivator1957 responaut1964 gomer1972 1754Private patient [see sense A. 2b(b)]. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 7 Those to whom I have communicated the infection out of the Hospital, or among my private patients. 1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing vi. 39 Generally, the only rule of the private patient's diet is what the nurse has to give. 1914 A. Bennett Price of Love xii. 256 In those days of State health insurance all doctors were too busy..to be of assistance to private patients. 1992 Which? Aug. 428/3 You may sometimes be better off in an NHS hospital, whether as an NHS patient or a private patient in a pay-bed. < as lemmas |
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