patient under investigation
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
patient under investigation (plural patients under investigation)
- (public health) 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.
- Synonym: PUI
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see patient, under, investigation.