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Patient
Definition 1
A person who receives medical attention, care, or treatment, or who is registered with medical professional or institution with the purpose to receive medical care when necessary. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A patient is the subject of observations. (NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)
Definition 3
Person under a physician's care for a particular disease or condition. NOTE: A subject in a clinical trial is not necessarily a patient, but a patient in a clinical trial is a subject. See also subject, trial subject, healthy volunteer. Often used interchangeably as a synonym for subject but healthy volunteers are not, strictly speaking, patients. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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