MEDICAL RELATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The professional relation between a health care professional and a patient

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("medical relation" is a kind of...):

professional relation (the relation that exists when one person requests and is granted professional help from a qualified source)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "medical relation"):

doctor-patient relation (the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient)

nurse-patient relation (the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient)