Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

physician-patient privilege

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
physi-cian--pa-tien-t priv-i-lege
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
8
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient

Questions

What does physician-patient privilege mean?
the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient

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