n :  a list or group of persons selected for some service: as  a  :  a list of physicians from among whom a patient may make a choice in accordance with various British health and insurance plans  b  :  the patients cared for by a doctor under such a plan .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  pe·ni·al  pe·nile   pineal 
 
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