Case is plain with ivory top inlaid (7)

I believe the answer is:
patient
'case' is the definition.
(a medical case)
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for patient that I've seen before include "one of interest to medics?" , "Willing to wait" , "one receiving medical treatment" , "convalescent" , "Unhurried" .)
