patient under investigation (English, noun)
expansion: patient under investigation (plural patients under investigation)
Senses:
qualifier: public health
glosses: 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.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see patient, under, investigation.
Forms:
form: patients under investigation
tags: plural