The semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.
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Examples for "patient"
Examples for "patient"
1Eight reports concerned the wrong patient, wrong procedure or wrong treatment site.
2The patient has a travel history from China, the government statement said.
3Varadkar said EU leaders must be patient while talks continue in London.
4Last month Biogen said a fourth patient in Europe had developed PML.
5Conclusions: Short office visits are provided to a particularly vulnerable patient population.
1We examined the hypothetical setting of the caretakers being in the patient role.
2The uptake of new patient roles in health-care planning began to impact attitudes and practices.