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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. Obsolete 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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patient
(ˈpeɪʃənt)adj
1. enduring trying circumstances with even temper
2. tolerant; understanding
3. capable of accepting delay with equanimity
4. persevering or diligent: a patient worker.
5. archaic admitting of a certain interpretation
n
6. (Medicine) a person who is receiving medical care
7. rare a person or thing that is the recipient of some action
[C14: see patience]
ˈpatiently adv
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pa•tient
(ˈpeɪ ʃənt)n.
1. a person who is under medical care or treatment.
2. a person or thing that undergoes some action.
adj. 3. bearing provocation, annoyance, pain, etc., without complaint or anger.
4. characterized by or expressing such a quality.
5. persevering or diligent; steady.
6. undergoing the action of another (opposed to agent).
Idioms: patient of,
a. able and willing to endure: patient of others' mistakes.
b. susceptible of.
[1275–1325; Middle English pacient (adj. and n.) < Middle French < Latin patient- (s. of patiēns), present participle of patī to undergo, suffer, bear; see -ent]
pa′tient•ly, adv.
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patient
A sick, injured, wounded, or other person requiring medical and/or dental care or treatment.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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| Noun | 1. |  patient - a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"alexic - a person with alexia analysand - a person undergoing psychoanalysis arthritic - a person afflicted with arthritis; "the hands of an elderly arthritic" case - a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" hypertensive - a person who has abnormally high blood pressure hypochondriac - a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments hypotensive - a person who has abnormally low blood pressure index case - the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study outpatient - a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated vaccinee - a patient who has been vaccinated doctor-patient relation - the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient nurse-patient relation - the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient |
| 2. | patient - 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 participant role, semantic role - (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause | |
| Adj. | 1. | patient - enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient" uncomplaining - not complaining; "uncomplaining courage" tolerant - showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others impatient - restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism" |
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patient
noun
1. sick person, case, sufferer, invalid He specialized in the treatment of cancer patients.
adjective
1. forbearing, understanding, forgiving, mild, accommodating, tolerant, indulgent, lenient, even-tempered He was endlessly kind and patient with children.
forbearing impatient, cross, bad-tempered, intolerant, cantankerous, ill-tempered, crotchety (informal), ill-humoured, narky (Brit. slang), ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), abrupt, irritable, snappy, curt, brusque, irascible, testy
forbearing impatient, cross, bad-tempered, intolerant, cantankerous, ill-tempered, crotchety (informal), ill-humoured, narky (Brit. slang), ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), abrupt, irritable, snappy, curt, brusque, irascible, testy
2. long-suffering, resigned, calm, enduring, quiet, composed, persistent, philosophical, serene, persevering, stoical, submissive, self-possessed, uncomplaining, untiring years of patient devotion to her family
Quotations
"That patient is not like to recover who makes the doctor his heir" [Thomas Fuller Gnomologia]
"That patient is not like to recover who makes the doctor his heir" [Thomas Fuller Gnomologia]
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patient
adjectiveEnduring or capable of enduring hardship or inconvenience without complaint:
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Translations
pacienttrpělivý-ka
patienttålmodig
kärsivällinenpotilas
pacijentstrpljivpacijenticapacijentkinja
beteg
sjúklinguròolinmóîur
忍耐強い患者
인내심이 있는환자
patiens
kantriaikantruskantrybėpacientaspasiansas
bolnikpotrpežljiv
patienttålmodig
คนป่วยอดทน
bệnh nhânkiên nhẫn
patient
1 [ˈpeɪʃənt] ADJ [person] → paciente; [explanation] → detalladoto be patient → tener paciencia
you must be patient → hay que tener paciencia
we have been patient long enough! → ¡se nos está acabando or agotando la paciencia!
to be patient with sb → tener paciencia con algn
patient
2 [ˈpeɪʃənt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
patient
[ˈpeɪʃənt] modif [care, records] → des patients patient confidentiality
adj → patient(e)
to be patient with sb → être patient(e) avec qnpatient confidentiality n → confidentialité f des informations concernant les patients
to be patient with sb → être patient(e) avec qnpatient confidentiality n → confidentialité f des informations concernant les patients
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
patient
adj → geduldig; to be patient with somebody/something → mit jdm/etw geduldig sein; you must be very patient about it → du musst sehr viel Geduld haben or sehr geduldig sein; we have been patient long enough! → unsere Geduld ist erschöpft!; his years of patient work paid off → seine jahrelange geduldige Arbeit zahlte sich aus; patient endurance → zähe Geduld
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
patient
(ˈpeiʃənt) adjective suffering delay, pain, irritation etc quietly and without complaining. It will be your turn soon – you must just be patient!
noun a person who is being treated by a doctor, dentist etc. The hospital had too many patients.
ˈpatiently adverbˈpatience noun
1. the ability or willingness to be patient. Patience is a virtue.
2. a card game usually played by one person. She often plays patience.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
patient
→ صَبُورٌ, مَرِيضٌ pacient, trpělivý patient, tålmodig geduldig, Patient ασθενής, υπομονετικός paciente kärsivällinen, potilas patient pacijent, strpljiv paziente 忍耐強い, 患者 인내심이 있는, 환자 geduldig, patiënt pasient, tålmodig cierpliwy, pacjent paciente пациент, терпеливый patient, tålmodig คนป่วย, อดทน hasta, sabırlı bệnh nhân, kiên nhẫn 病人, 耐心的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
pa·tient
n. paciente, enfermo-a,
___ discharge → alta, egreso del___;
___ 's care → cuidado del ___;
private ___ → ___ privado-a;
self-paying ___ → ___ solvente;
impatient ___ → ___ interno;
outpatient → ___ externo;
adv. con paciencia, pacientemente.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
patient
adj paciente; n paciente mf, enfermo -ma mf; patient-centered centrado en el pacienteEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.