The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PATIENTS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PATIENTS
- Cases of underwear with lace inside
- Doctor is apt, going round part of hospital, to see them?
- The ill-cared-for neckwear found among underwear
- Those being treated in hospital where clap set in, unfortunately
- Source of infection in obvious singular cases
- The ill cared-for neckwear found among underwear
- Wheezes with fastener packing cases
- Hospital visitors' neckwear tucked into trousers
- Hospital customers having enforceable rights around institution
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What does PATIENTS mean?
PATIENTS noun- A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
- (grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
- One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.