patient

[ pey-shuhnt ]

/ ˈpeɪ ʃənt /

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noun

a person who is under medical care or treatment.

a person or thing that undergoes some action.

Archaic. a sufferer or victim.

adjective

bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like.

characterized by or expressing such a quality: a patient smile.

quietly and steadily persevering or diligent, especially in detail or exactness: a patient worker.

undergoing the action of another (opposed to agent).

Words nearby patient

pathos, pathosis, pathway, patiala, patience, patient, patiki, patin, patina, patinaed, patinate

Idioms for patient

patient of,

having or showing the capacity for endurance: a man patient of distractions.
susceptible of: This statement is patient of criticism.

Origin of patient

1275–1325; Middle English pacient (adj. and noun) < Middle French < Latin patient- (stem of patiēns), present participle of patī to undergo, suffer, bear; see -ent

SYNONYMS FOR patient

1 invalid.

4 uncomplaining, long-suffering, forbearing, resigned, passive, calm.

5 quiet, serene, unruffled, unexcited, self-possessed, composed.

6 sedulous, assiduous, untiring.

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ANTONYMS FOR patient

4 hostile.

5 impatient, agitated.

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OTHER WORDS FROM patient

pa·tient·less, adjectivepa·tient·ly, adverbpa·tient·ness, nouno·ver·pa·tient, adjective

qua·si-pa·tient, adjectivequa·si-pa·tient·ly, adverbsu·per·pa·tient, adjectivesu·per·pa·tient·ly, adverbun·pa·tient, adjectiveun·pa·tient·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for patients

Tribole tells her patients not to change what they eat but how.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As I got better, I also got curious about what happened to other patients like me.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the one hand, patients may not understand that viruses are the cause of most cold symptoms this time of year.
Without Education, Antibiotic Resistance Will Be Our Greatest Health Crisis|Russell Saunders|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the other hand, patients may not perceive much downside to taking the medications, even if they may not help much.
Without Education, Antibiotic Resistance Will Be Our Greatest Health Crisis|Russell Saunders|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Those who did so used their medical training not to care for patients, but to abet their abuse.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture|Russell Saunders|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After a half hour on deck Maud returned to the hospital section quite refreshed, and proceeded to care for the patients.
Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross|Edith Van Dyne
All the dreams cited in this book are reported in the patients own words.
Psychoanalysis|Andr Tridon
They have furnished a goodly proportion of the patients on which quacks and charlatans have fattened.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh
Well, that is the way I wish you to give opium to these patients,—to within an inch of their lives.
The Funny Side of Physic|A. D. Crabtre
Some patients recovered as soon as the first F was clipped from the paper.
Mind and Body|William Walker Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for patients

patient

/ (ˈpeɪʃənt) /

adjective

enduring trying circumstances with even temper

tolerant; understanding

capable of accepting delay with equanimity

persevering or diligenta patient worker

archaic admitting of a certain interpretation

noun

a person who is receiving medical care

rare a person or thing that is the recipient of some action

Derived forms of patient

patiently, adverb

Word Origin for patient

C14: see patience

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Medical definitions for patients

patient

[ pā′shənt ]

n.

One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.

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