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pa⋅tient

  [pey-shuhnt]
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–noun
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.
–adjective
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 ).
—Idiom
8. patient of,
a. having or showing the capacity for endurance: a man patient of distractions.
b. susceptible of: This statement is patient of criticism.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME pacient (adj. and n.) < MF < L patient- (s. of patiēns), prp. of patī to undergo, suffer, bear; see -ent

Related forms:
pa⋅tient⋅less, adjective
pa⋅tient⋅ly, adverb
pa⋅tient⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. invalid. 4. uncomplaining, long-suffering, forbearing, resigned, passive, calm. 5. quiet, serene, unruffled, unexcited, self-possessed, composed. 6. sedulous, assiduous, untiring.

Antonyms:
4. hostile. 5. impatient, agitated.
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pa·tient   (pā'shənt)   
adj.  

  1. Bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness.

  2. Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.

  3. Tolerant; understanding: an unfailingly patient leader and guide.

  4. Persevering; constant: With patient industry, she revived the failing business and made it thrive.

  5. Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or result; not hasty or impulsive.

  6. Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance: "My uncle Toby was a man patient of injuries" (Laurence Sterne).

n.  

  1. One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.

  2. Linguistics A noun or noun phrase identifying one that is acted upon or undergoes an action. Also called goal.

  3. Archaic One who suffers.


[Middle English pacient, from Old French, from Latin patiēns, patient-, present participle of patī, to endure; see pē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
pa'tient·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

patient  (adj.)
c.1320, "bearing or enduring without complaint," from L. patientem (see patience). Noun sense of "suffering or sick person" is from 1393, from O.Fr. pacient (n.), from the adj., from L. patientem.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pa·tient
Pronunciation: 'pA-sh&nt
Function: noun
1 : a sick individual especially when awaiting or under the care andtreatment of a physician or surgeon patients>
2 : a client for medical service (as of a physician or dentist) patients>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

patient pa·tient (pā'shənt)
n.
One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.

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