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patients under investigation

patients under investigation is the plural of patient under investigation.

Meaning of patient under investigation

Noun

patient under investigation (plural patients under investigation)

  1. (public health) A person who had been in close contact with a patient who has a confirmed infection or/and who may have been to place where there is an outbreak or superspreading event.
    Synonyms:
    PUI
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see patient, under, investigation.

Questions about patients under investigation

What is patients under investigation the plural of?
Patients under investigation is the plural of patient under investigation.

Words near patients under investigation in the dictionary

  1. patientless
  2. patientlike
  3. patiently
  4. patientness
  5. patients
  6. patients under investigation
  7. patients zero
  8. patientspeak
  9. patiki
  10. Patikul
  11. Patil

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