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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.

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

patient·ly adv.

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
1. (Medicine) a person who is receiving medical care
2. Rare a person or thing that is the recipient of some action
[see patience]
patiently  adv

A sick, injured, wounded, or other person requiring medical and/or dental care or treatment.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.patientpatient - 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
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"

patient
noun
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
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]
Translations
patient1 [ˈpeɪʃənt] ADJ [person] → paciente; [explanation] → detallado
to be patienttener paciencia
you must be patienthay que tener paciencia
we have been patient long enough!¡se nos está acabando or agotando la paciencia!
to be patient with sbtener paciencia con algn
patient2 [ˈpeɪʃənt]
A. N (on doctor's list) → paciente mf; (having medical treatment) → enfermo/a m/f
see also cancer, mental
B. CPD patient care Ncuidado m de los enfermos

patient [ˈpeɪʃənt]
n
[doctor] → patient(e) m/f
(in hospital)malade mf
modif [care, records] → des patients patient confidentiality
adjpatient(e)
to be patient with sb → être patient(e) avec qn
patient confidentiality nconfidentialité f des informations concernant les patients

patient
adjgeduldig; to be patient with somebody/somethingmit jdm/etw geduldig sein; you must be very patient about itdu 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 offseine jahrelange geduldige Arbeit zahlte sich aus; patient endurancezähe Geduld
nPatient(in) m(f); cancer/heart patientKrebs-/Herzpatient(in) m(f)

patient [ˈpeɪʃnt]
1. adjpaziente
to be patient with sb → essere paziente or aver pazienza con qn
2. n (Med) → paziente m/f, malato/a

patient [ˈpeɪʃnt]
1. adjpaziente
to be patient with sb → essere paziente or aver pazienza con qn
2. n (Med) → paziente m/f, malato/a

patient
adj patient [ˈpeiʃənt]
suffering delay, pain, irritation etc quietly and without complaining It will be your turn soon – you must just be patient! geduldig صَبور търпелив trpělivý tålmodig geduldig υπομονετικός paciente, sufrido kannatlik صبور kärsivällinen patient סַבלָנִי धैर्यवान strpljenje, türelmes sabar þolinmóður paziente 我慢強い 참고 견디는 kantrus pacietīgs bersabar geduldig tålmodig cierpliwy paciente răbdător терпеливый trpezlivý potrpežljiv strpljiv tålig, tålmodig อดทน sabırlı 有耐心的 терплячий; впертий صابر، متحمل kiên nhẫn
n
a person who is being treated by a doctor, dentist etc The hospital had too many patients. pasiënt إنْسان صَبور пациент pacient, -ka patient der/die Patient(in) ασθενής, νοσηλευόμενος paciente patsient مریض potilas patient חוֹלֶה, מְטוּפָּל मरीज pacijent,bolesnik beteg pasien sjúklingur paziente 患者 환자 pacientas pacients pesakit pati{#225}{#137}{#225}nt pasient pacjent doente pacient пациент pacient, -ka bolnik pacijent patient ผู้ป่วย hasta 病人 пацієнт, хворий مريض، بيمار bệnh nhân
adv patiently
geduldig بِصَبْرٍ търпеливо trpělivě tålmodigt geduldig υπομονετικά pacientemente kannatlikult صبورانه kärsivällisesti patiemment בְּסַבלָנוּת धीरतापूर्वक strpljivo türelmesen dengan sabar með þolinmæði pazientemente 忍耐強く 참을성 있게 kantriai pacietīgi dgn sabar geduldig tålmodig cierpliwie pacientemente cu răbdare терпеливо trpezlivo potrpežljivo strpljivo tåligt, tål-modigt อย่างอดทน sabırla 耐心地 терпляче صبر سے kiên trì
n patience
1 the ability or willingness to be patient Patience is a virtue. geduld صَبْر търпение trpělivost tålmodighed die Geduld υπομονή paciencia kannatlikkus شکیبایی kärsivällisyys patience סַבלָנוּת धैर्य, धीरता, धीरता strpljivost,snošljivost türelem kesabaran þolinmæði pazienza 我慢強さ 인내력 kantrybė pacietība kesabaran geduld tålmodighet cierpliwość paciência răbdare терпение trpezlivosť potrpežljivost strpljenje tålamod, tålmodighet ความอดทน sabır 耐心 терпіння صبر، تحمل tính kiên trì
2 a card game usually played by one person She often plays patience. patience لُعبَة الصَّبْر: لُعبَة وَرَق يَلْعَبُها شَخْصٌ واحِد пасианс pasiáns kabale die Patience πασιέντσα solitario pasjanss فال ورق pasianssi réussite מִשחָק סוֹלִיטֶר ताश का एक खेल pasijans pasziánsz permainan kartu kapall solitario 1人トランプ (카드 게임) 인내력 게임 pasiansas pasjanss permainan solitaire patience kabal pasjans paciência пасьянс pasians pasjansa pasijans patiens การเล่นไพ่ tek kişilik iskambil oyunu 單人紙牌遊戲 пасьянс کارڈ کا ايک کھيل lối đánh bài paxiên

patient صبور, مريض 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


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