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patient

B2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈpeɪʃnt/US /ˈpeɪʃnt/
adjective

able to wait for a long time or accept annoying behaviour or difficulties without becoming angry

noun

a person who is receiving medical treatment, especially in a hospital

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For example, Nalini Ambady, a researcher at Tufts University, shows that when people watch 30-second soundless clips of real physician-patient interactions, their judgments of the physician's niceness predict whether or not that

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