[pey-shuh
nt] 
| 1. | a person who is under medical care or treatment. |
| 2. | a person or thing that undergoes some action. |
| 3. | Archaic. a sufferer or victim. |
| 4. | bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like. |
| 5. | characterized by or expressing such a quality: a patient smile. |
| 6. | quietly and steadily persevering or diligent, esp. in detail or exactness: a patient worker. |
| 7. | undergoing the action of another (opposed to agent ). |
| 8. | patient of,
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patient pa·tient (pā'shənt)
n.
One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.