patient (redirected from Patient education)

pa·tient  (pshnt)

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.

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[Middle English pacient, from Old French, from Latin patins, patient-, present participle of pat, to endure; see p(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

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patient·ly adv.

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patient

Adjective

1. enduring difficult situations with an even temper

2. persevering or diligent: his years of patient work may finally pay off

Noun

a person who is receiving medical care

patiently adv

Thesaurus

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 inpatient, inmate - a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated outpatient - a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness 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 affected role, patient role 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

adjective 2. forbearing, understanding, forgiving, mild, accommodating, tolerant, indulgent, lenient, even-tempered << OPPOSITE impatient

adjective 3. long-suffering, resigned, calm, enduring, quiet, composed, persistent, philosophical, serene, persevering, stoical, submissive, self-possessed, uncomplaining, untiring

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A sick, injured, wounded, or other person requiring medical and/or dental care or treatment.

Translations

patient [ˈpeɪʃnt] n → paciente m/f

adj → paciente, sufrido;

to be patient with sb → tener paciencia con algn

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patient [ˈpeɪʃnt] n → malade m/f;

(of dentist etc) → patient(e)

adj → patient(e)

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patient [ˈpeɪʃnt] n → Patient(in) m(f)

adj → geduldig;

to be patient with sb → Geduld mit jdm haben

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patient [ˈpeɪʃnt] n → paziente m/f; malato/a

adj → paziente;

to be patient with sb → essere paziente or aver pazienza con qn