patient
noun
- person who takes a medical treatment or is subject of a case study
- participant of a situation upon whom an action is carried out or the thematic relation such a participant has with an action. Sometimes, "theme" and "patient" are used to mean the same thing
adjective
- willing to wait
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯ʃənt/ / [ˈpʰeɪ̯ʃənt] ~ [ˈpʰeɪ̯ʃn̩t] / /ˈpɛjʃənt/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).
- Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
“Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.”
“Asari Cultural VI: Due to our lifespan-sometimes reaching 1,000 years of age-we are patient in our decisions, and prefer long-term solutions over short-term gains.”
- Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
“patient endeavour”
“a patient wait”
- Physically able to suffer or bear.
“To this outward structure was joined that strength of constitution, patient of severest toil and hardship; insomuch that for the most part of his life, in the fiercest extremity of cold, he took no other advantage of a fire, than at the greatest distance that he could, to look upon it.”
name
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).
- A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.
“Hello, is your practice currently accepting new patients? I'd like to become a patient there if so.”
“At the veterinary clinic, caring for the patients successfully and dealing with the patients’ owners successfully are both necessary skills.”
- The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
“The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.”
“The number of a first or second person participant is generally marked for both agent and patient in all aspects.”
- One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
“Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient.”
“For it seems clear that the subject of change is the changed, i.e. the patient -- on one proviso. the proviso is that there be an agent or changer.”