Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patient under investigation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables
pa-tien-t un-der in-ves-ti-ga-tion
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
8
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see patient, under, investigation.

Inflected Forms

patients under investigation (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

patient zero

Synonyms

PUI

Questions

What does patient under investigation mean?
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.

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