convalescent

noun

Definition of convalescentnext
as in sufferer

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  1. victim
  2. outpatient
  3. inpatient
  4. patient
Noun
  • Once identified, the kit dynamically loads a counterfeit login page tailored to that provider, often with the victim’s email address already filled in.
    — Alex Vakulov, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Preliminary investigation indicates there was an incident between people in the parking lot just before the victim was shot.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of victim
Noun
  • And rather than strengthen Kendra’s Law, which is designed to subject more people in need to outpatient treatment plans, the Senate would largely keep the status quo.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Its network has more than 900 locations, including 19 hospitals, 750 physician clinics, 40,000 employees, urgent care centers, outpatient facilities and imaging services.
    — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of outpatient
Noun
  • The University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air plans to close its pediatric inpatient unit in May due to low admissions.
    — Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Endeavor had planned to stop offering inpatient care for acute mental illness at the hospital April 11.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of inpatient
Noun
  • Other must reads ‘Show up and share’: How one UCLA ICU helps patients and staff live with dying.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Weiner maintained the patient had terminal cancer for 11 years and said a pathologist and post-mortem medical examiner missed the disease.
    — J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of patient
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