{
    "term": "patient",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who is receiving medical treatment, especially in a hospital",
            "sensetop": "patient with something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "cancer/AIDS/heart patients"
                },
                {
                    "text": "critically ill/elderly patients"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hospitals are **treating** more **patients** than ever before."
                },
                {
                    "text": "patients receiving/undergoing treatment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "patients with heart disease",
                    "contextForm": "patient with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**patient care/safety**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many patients present with conditions that cannot be easily diagnosed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Patients undergoing chemotherapy may be at a higher risk of infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The patient has a severe heart condition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The patient was admitted to hospital yesterday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These patients are responding well to the new drug."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A high proportion of their lung cancer patients had been heavy smokers."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["AIDS", "cancer", "cardiac"],
                "verb + patient": ["assess", "examine", "see"],
                "patient + verb": [
                    "develop something",
                    "have something",
                    "suffer from something"
                ],
                "patient + noun": ["care"],
                "preposition": ["patient with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who receives treatment from a particular doctor, dentist, etc.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's one of Dr Shaw's patients."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He only takes private patients."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["AIDS", "cancer", "cardiac"],
                "verb + patient": ["assess", "examine", "see"],
                "patient + verb": [
                    "develop something",
                    "have something",
                    "suffer from something"
                ],
                "patient + noun": ["care"],
                "preposition": ["patient with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb. In the sentence ‘I started the car’, the patient is car.",
            "labels": "(grammar)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpeɪʃnt/",
                "audio": "pa/patient/patient__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpeɪʃnt/",
                "audio": "pa/patient/patient__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati."
}