What does Patient mean?
Definitions for Patient
ˈpeɪ ʃəntPa·tient
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Patient.
Princeton's WordNet
patient(noun)
a person who requires medical care
"the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
affected role, patient role, patient(adj)
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
patient(adj)
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"
Wiktionary
patient(Noun)
A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
Etymology: From patiens, present participle of pati; akin to Greek πάσχειν; see pathos, from Proto-Indo-European *pē(i)- "to hurt" [Pokorny pē(i)- 792].
patient(Noun)
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.
Etymology: From patiens, present participle of pati; akin to Greek πάσχειν; see pathos, from Proto-Indo-European *pē(i)- "to hurt" [Pokorny pē(i)- 792].
patient(Adjective)
content to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting; not bothered with having to wait; not unwilling to wait
Etymology: From patiens, present participle of pati; akin to Greek πάσχειν; see pathos, from Proto-Indo-European *pē(i)- "to hurt" [Pokorny pē(i)- 792].
Webster Dictionary
Patient(adj)
having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear
Etymology: [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.]
Patient(adj)
undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering
Etymology: [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.]
Patient(adj)
constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor
Etymology: [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.]
Patient(adj)
expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed
Etymology: [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.]
Patient(adj)
forbearing; long-suffering
Etymology: [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.]
Patient(noun)
oNe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient
Etymology: [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.]
Patient(noun)
a person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse
Etymology: [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.]
Patient(verb)
to compose, to calm
Etymology: [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.]
Freebase
Patient
A patient is any recipient of health care services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, veterinarian, or other health care provider. The word patient originally meant 'one who suffers'. This English noun comes from the Latin word patiens, the present participle of the deponent verb, patior, meaning 'I am suffering,' and akin to the Greek verb πάσχειν and its cognate noun πάθος.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
patient
A sick, injured, wounded, or other person requiring medical and/or dental care or treatment.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Patient' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1480
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Patient' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3281
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Patient' in Nouns Frequency: #128
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Patient' in Adjectives Frequency: #822
Anagrams for Patient »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Patient in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Patient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Patient in a Sentence
I'm taking a more patient approach to peaks and valleys throughout my career.
While we are in a Covid world, we need to be kind and patient with ourselves with how we're using technology, we may not have preferred to be online as much as we are but that may be the reality we have to accept to get through each day.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo:
We all know that the burned areas are now widening beyond normal conditions, ...the efforts to extinguish the fires are ongoing now both by land and air. We have to be patient because the burned areas is now wide.
(The) CDC and the State Department are facilitating the return of additional American citizens who had potential exposure to the index patient or exposures similar to those that resulted in the infection of the index patient.
This is not a 70, 80-year-old immunosuppressed, diabetic patient, other than high blood pressure, he has no other significant medical issues. This is a guy who's minding his own business and gets it... If we were to repeat the 360VR images now, that is one week later, there is a chance that the infection and inflammatory process could be worse.
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- pasiëntAfrikaans
- مريض, صبورArabic
- цярплі́выBelarusian
- търпеливBulgarian
- pacientCatalan, Valencian
- trpělivý, pacientCzech
- patient, tålmodigDanish
- Patient, geduldigGerman
- ασθενής, υπομονετικόςGreek
- pacienca, paciento, pacientinoEsperanto
- pacienteSpanish
- مریض, بیمار, شکیبا, شکیبنده, بردبار, صبورPersian
- kärsivällinen, potilasFinnish
- patient, patienteFrench
- doenteGalician
- מטופל, פציאנטHebrew
- बीमार, रोगी, मरीज़Hindi
- beteg, páciens, türelmesHungarian
- համբերատար, հիվանդArmenian
- þolinmóður, sjúklingurIcelandic
- pazienteItalian
- しんぼう強い, 気が長い, 我慢強い, 忍耐強い, 患者Japanese
- អ្នកជំងឺKhmer
- 환자, 患者Korean
- patiēnsLatin
- gedëllegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- tūroroMāori
- трпеливMacedonian
- pesakit, ڤساکيت, sabarMalay
- tålmodigNorwegian
- patiënte, patiënt, geduldigDutch
- pasientNorwegian
- cierpliwy, pacjent, pacjentkaPolish
- pacientePortuguese
- терпеливый, пациент, больнойRussian
- pacìjentkinja, strpljiv, стрпљив, pacìjentica, болесница, pacìjent, болесникSerbo-Croatian
- pacient, trpezlivý, pacientkaSlovak
- bolnica, bolnik, pacientka, pacient, potrpežljivSlovene
- mokudiSouthern Sotho
- patient, ha tålamod, tålmodigSwedish
- நோயாளிTamil
- రోగిTelugu
- pasyenteTagalog
- sabırlıTurkish
- терпеливий, терплячийUkrainian
- مریض, بیمارUrdu
- kiên nhẫnVietnamese
- sufälikVolapük
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