Patient

Word PATIENT
Character 7
Hyphenation pa tient
Pronunciations /ˈpeɪʃənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Patient"

What do we mean by patient?

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

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

Tolerant; understanding. adjective

Persevering; constant. adjective

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

Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance. adjective

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

A noun or noun phrase identifying one that is acted upon or undergoes an action. noun

One who suffers. noun

Enduring; physically able to support or endure; having such a bodily constitution as enables one to endure or to be proof against: followed by of before the thing endured: as, patient of labor or pain; patient of heat or cold.

Having or manifesting that temper or east of mind which endures pain, trial, provocation, or the like without murmuring or fretfulness; sustaining afflictions or evils with fortitude, calmness, or submission; full of composure or equanimity; submissive; unrepining: as, a patient person, or a person of patient temper; patient under afflictions.

Waiting or expecting with calmness or without discontent; not hasty; not over-eager or impetuous.

Persevering; constant in pursuit or exertion; calmly diligent.

Capable of bearing; susceptible.

Synonyms Uncomplaining, unrepining, long-suffering, brave.

Assiduous, indefatigable.

A person or thing that receives impressions from external agents; one who or that which is passively affected: opposed to agent. noun

A sufferer. noun

Specifically A sufferer under bodily indisposition undergoing medical treatment: commonly used as a correlative to physician or nurse. noun

Agent and patient. See agent. noun

A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.

(grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.

One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

Showing patience; someone who is able to wait for a long period of time with little or no complaint, despite obstacles and difficulties. Considered a virtue. Someone who dosen't bitch as often. Urban Dictionary

A client of a medical clinic. Does not turn up for appointments. Turns up without an appointment. Makes appointments. Changes appointments. Does not turn up for appointments. Complains about payment. Does not pay for appointment. Terrorises clinic staff with loud, angry outbursts. Terrifies other patients with inappropriate anecdotes. Refers other patients. Process starts once again. Urban Dictionary

Able to tolerate difficult situations calmly and without getting angry or annoyed. Urban Dictionary

The character that the My Chemical Romance album The Black Parade is centered around. He is battling a disease and when he dies, death comes to him in the form of a parade of people in black marching band outfits. This concept is based off of Gerard Way's belief that death comes to you in the form of your fondest memory. Urban Dictionary

The act of being patient Urban Dictionary

A person with mental issue of some kind.....or is socially inept. as in, 'don't bother with him - he's a patient' (originated in UK prisons during the early 1980's and is in wide use inside today) Urban Dictionary

A way of referring to a person who may be showing simptoms, signs of being a simp. A patient, like simp, is someone who puts themselves in a submissive position for coochie. We hope to find a cure soon. Urban Dictionary

Calm your tits and shut up Urban Dictionary

A female fuck buddy, employing that she is going for a dick appointment (sex) Urban Dictionary

Patient Zero is the first human infected by a new or recently discovered viral or bacterial outbreak. They usually have the most basic, least mutated form of the disease, which may either make them invaluable to medical efforts or completely useless. They can also often be used to determine where the disease came from. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Patient

The word "patient" in example sentences

I have to say that two female neurosurgeons talking about their patient *as their patient* rather than as a man would not be a fail to me, although I'm not sure whether I'm saying it wouldn't fail the rule or just wouldn't in general bother me. ❋ Michael May (2008)

She was being patient -- _patient_, poor lamb, and only God himself knew how she cried when she was left alone in her white bed, the door closed between her and all the house. ❋ Frances Hodgson Burnett (1886)

"One cannot understand how a compounder can diagnose and administer an injection to a patient& It appears that Sangupani complained to the compounder that he was having chest pain and the compounder keeping in mind that on earlier occasions the doctor prescribed Deriphyllin injection, administered it to the patient. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term patient care episode represents the sum of two numbers: resident hospitalized patients at the beginning of the year or those on the active role of outpatient clinics; and admissions during the year. ❋ Gerald N. Grob (1994)

The title patient produced 16 personalities before she was through, and became a national phenomenon. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Obviously, the split-brain patient is not acting normally, however. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Consent can still be implied where a patient is aware and does not object to treatment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The determining factor in deciding whether to try a new approach with a patient is the risk/benefit equation. ❋ MD Mark Hyman (2010)

If a patient is admitted more than once, one admission is randomly plucked out for analysis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And, there are certain situations where our studies – and Elissa Epel has looked at cohorts of women who are caregivers of a chronically ill child, and more recently even dementia caregivers, where the dementia patient is their husband or partner – what we find is that it really does look causative. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Democrats are blaming the influx of corporate cash for the scale of their looming defeat on 2 November, reports Politico, likening it to "post-mortems, made before the patient is actually dead". ❋ Richard Adams (2010)

You can block pain with a placebo that you tell the patient is a morphine antagonist. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Inevitably, the patient is a launching board to explore something about one or more of the regular cast. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Of course, none of the above applies if the patient is a minor, has been adjudicated incompetent, or has designated a health care power of attorney. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ipecac and cathartic administration may not be required if the patient is already experiencing vomiting and diarrhea. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Jennifer]: Wow, we got lost [for three] hours in [San Diego] in the hot sun and Alan didn't complain at all! Kate: Wow, what a patient guy! unlike most of the population who bitch a lot. Jennifer: I know....bitches! ❋ FabGonz (2009)

An [impatient patient] who [saps] the patience from patient [clinic] staff. ❋ Mownie (2010)

10-year-old [Linus] and his [9-year-old] brother Luke are very patient with their 3-year-old [twin cousins] Jason and Jon whenever they have to watch them. ❋ JMC70 (2017)

The Patient [sees] [death] as a [Black Parade]. ❋ We're All Dying (2009)

"im [very good] at [teaching] and [patienting]" ❋ Carlos (inspired By ANDY ;D) (2008)

I'd [stray] [away] from him - he's a patient . 'he's on [medication] - he's a patient'. ❋ Thecleaner (2018)

"Damn, [Seb] was being such a patient, he was displaying [simptoms] everywhere." "Do you think it's best for the doctors to [step in]?" ❋ Dextrosity (2020)

“wait patiently”- mom “[what’s] that mean”-son “[calm your tits] and [shut up]”-mom ❋ Uh Oh Spaghetti O’s (2021)

Yo dude did you make [Bianca] your [patient]? She totally wants An [appointment] with you. ❋ Jack I Goff (2019)

[Becky] in [Contagion] was Patient Zero ❋ Snowskeeper (2013)

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