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pseudopatient

noun
/ˌs(j)uːdəʊˈpeɪʃ(ə)nt/UK/ˌsudoʊˈpeɪʃ(ə)nt/US

Etymology

From pseudo- + patient.

  1. derived from *peh₁-✻ — “to hate, hurt”
  2. derived from patiens
  3. derived from pacient
  4. derived from patient
  5. inherited from pacient
  6. prefixed as pseudopatient — “pseudo + patient”

Definitions

  1. A person who pretends to be ill, especially to gain some benefit.

  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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pseudopatient. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA