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NALT Full

Preferred term

patients

Type

Topic

Definition

A person or animal receiving medical care due to illness, injury or health-related concern.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

animal and human health

Narrower concepts

HIV long-term survivors

Related concepts

Synonyms

animal patients
human patients
inpatients
outpatients

In other languages

pacientes

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/781

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