patient

Definitions of patient in various dictionaries:

noun - a person who requires medical care

noun - the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

adj - enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance

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

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

Tolerant; understanding: an unfailingly patient leader and guide.

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

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

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

One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.

One who suffers.

adj - able to endure disagreeable circumstances without complaint

noun - one who is under medical treatment

PATIENT - A patient is any recipient of health care services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, advanced practi...