Case and Patient

Case

Case noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

Patient is a synonym for case in action topic. In some cases you can use "Patient" instead a noun "Case", when it comes to topics like invalid.

Nearby Words: cased, casing, casework

Patient

Patient noun - An individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment.
Usage example: the nurse asked the patient to change into a paper gown

Case is a synonym for patient in sick person topic. You can use "Case" instead a noun "Patient", if it concerns topics such as action, invalid, person being treated for medical problem.

Nearby Words: patience, patiently

How words are described

old old case old patient
current current case current patient
single single case single patient
actual actual case actual patient
Other adjectives: real, unfortunate, main, famous, new, terminal, missing, former, final, next, last, latest.

Both words in one sentence

  • In an episode of Psych Shawn breaks a patient out of a mental hospital to stop him from receiving electric-shock treatment and as part of a plan to clear the patient's name in a murder case.
  • Video Game / Criminal Case That he encouraged Linda Lovara's madness while she was his patient really doesn't help his case. Punctuated!
  • In the House episode "All In", House chases the medical case that he was never able to solve: a young boy comes in exhibiting the same symptoms as a patient House earlier lost.
    Source: That One Case
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