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in-patient(dictionary)
patient(dictionary)
Patient(law)
out-patient(dictionary)
Patient(medicine)
patient selection(medicine)
patient satisfaction(medicine)
patient readmission(medicine)
patient participation(medicine)

jacal (iou) and Patient (law)


jacal (iou)



jacal noun. M19.
[Mexican Spanish from Nahuatl xacalli contr. of xamitl calli adobe house.]
A hut built of erect stakes filled in with wattle and mud, common in Mexico and the south-western US; an adobe house. Also, the material or method used in building such a hut.

Patient (law)




A person who is deemed incapable of handling his/her own affairs by reason of mental incapacity and who is under the jurisdiction of the Court of Protection