Patient attendants, relatively speaking (7)
I believe the answer is:
sisters
'patient attendants' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sisters that I've seen before include "Members of the family" , "Female siblings" , "Nuns' titles" , "Family relatives" , "Resists (anag)" .)