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pseudopatients

pseudopatients is the plural of pseudopatient.

Meaning of pseudopatient

Noun

pseudopatient (plural pseudopatients)

  1. (dated) A person who pretends to be ill, especially to gain some benefit.
    • [W]e were informed of a Frank physician who had been rewarded for his professional services by the present of a house, valued at five thousand dollars. […] The original proprietor appeared, and was received with great courtesy by the doctor, who prescribed immediately for some chronic disease of...1833, [James Ellsworth De Kay], chapter XXXI, in Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832. By an American, New York, N.Y.: Printed and published by J[ames] & J[ohn] Harper, […], →OCLC, pages 307–308
    Synonyms:
    malingerer
  2. A person who poses as a patient so that research may be conducted or staff trained.
    • Most of the pseudopatients were falsely diagnosed with mental disorders.

Questions about pseudopatients

What is pseudopatients the plural of?
Pseudopatients is the plural of pseudopatient.

Words near pseudopatients in the dictionary

  1. pseudopassives
  2. pseudopathological
  3. pseudopathologies
  4. pseudopathology
  5. pseudopatient
  6. pseudopatients
  7. pseudopatriotic
  8. pseudopaxilliform
  9. pseudopelade of Brocq
  10. pseudopelletierine
  11. pseudopenes

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