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patienthoods

patienthoods is the plural of patienthood.

Meaning of patienthood

Noun

patienthood (countable and uncountable, plural patienthoods)

  1. The state of being a patient or of being ill.
    • Because of their inability to resolve their personal crises, these assassins will project their individual patienthoods upon society and, in their attempt to universalize their personal pain, could focus on the destruction of a leading figure or monument.2006, R. Hrair Dekmejian, Spectrum of Terror

Questions about patienthoods

What is patienthoods the plural of?
Patienthoods is the plural of patienthood.

Words near patienthoods in the dictionary

  1. patient zeros
  2. patientcare
  3. patienter
  4. patientest
  5. patienthood
  6. patienthoods
  7. patientive
  8. patientives
  9. patientless
  10. patientlike
  11. patiently

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