What does patient mean?
Definitions for patient
ˈpeɪ ʃəntpa·tient
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Princeton's WordNet
patientnoun
a person who requires medical care
"the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
affected role, patient role, patientadjective
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
patientadjective
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
patientnoun
A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
patientnoun
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.
patientadjective
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].
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Patientadjective
Etymology: patient, Fr. patiens, Latin.
Wheat, which is the best sort of grain, of which the purest bread is made, is patient of heat and cold. John Ray.
Be patient, and I will stay. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.
Griev’d, but unmov’d, and patient of your scorn,
I die. John Dryden, Theocritus.Warn them that are unruly, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 1 Thessalonians v. 14.
Too industrious to be great,
Not patient to expect the turns of fate,
They open’d camps deform’d by civil fight. Matthew Prior.Patientnoun
Etymology: patient, Fr.
Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient. Gov. of the Tongue.
To proper patients he kind agents brings,
In various leagues binds disagreeing things. Thomas Creech.Action and passion are modes which belong to substances: when a smith with a hammer strikes a piece of iron, the hammer and the smith are both agents or subjects of action; the one supreme, and the other subordinate: the iron is the patient or the subject of passion, in a philosophical sense, because it receives the operation of the agent. Isaac Watts, Logick.
You deal with me like a physician, that seeing his patient in a pestilent fever, should chide instead of administring help, and bid him be sick no more. Philip Sidney.
Through ignorance of the disease, through unreasonableness of the time, instead of good he worketh hurt, and out of one evil throweth the patient into many miseries. Edmund Spenser.
A physician uses various methods for the recovery of sick persons; and though all of them are disagreeable, his patients are never angry. Addison.
Nor will the raging fever’s fire abate
With golden canopies or beds of state;
But the poor patient will as soon be sound
On the hard matress or the mother ground. Dryden.To Patientverb
To compose one’s self; to behave with patience. Obsolete.
Etymology: patienter, Fr.
Patient yourself, madam, and pardon me. William Shakespeare.
Wikipedia
Patient
A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health care provider.
ChatGPT
patient
A patient can be defined as an individual who seeks or is receiving medical care or treatment from a healthcare professional or institution. A patient typically presents symptoms, disabilities, or health concerns and seeks assistance, diagnosis, treatment, or management of their condition. They may undergo various medical procedures, receive medication, therapies, or interventions, with the goal of improving their health or managing their illness or injury. A patient is often expected to actively participate in their own care by providing information, following medical advice, and complying with prescribed treatments.
Webster Dictionary
Patientadjective
having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear
Patientadjective
undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering
Patientadjective
constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor
Patientadjective
expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed
Patientadjective
forbearing; long-suffering
Patientnoun
oNe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient
Patientnoun
a person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse
Patientverb
to compose, to calm
Etymology: [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.]
Wikidata
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.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PATIENT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Patient is ranked #39419 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Patient surname appeared 558 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Patient.
79.5% or 444 total occurrences were White.
7.8% or 44 total occurrences were Black.
5.3% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.6% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
2.5% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.9% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.
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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 »
antipet
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
There was no abduction. This was done under her own will, you had a patient that left the hospital under their own planning.
Misinformation is a threat to the integrity of the doctor-patient relationship and to the medical system as a whole, this study shows the problems that occur when politicians intervene into the doctor-patient relationship.
Community Health Network is committed to patient safety and is working closely with MSD of Lawrence Township to determine the cause of error and evaluate processes, the safety of the students in our care is top priority.
Based on its current assessment, the committee judges that it can be patient in beginning to normalize the stance of monetary policy.
As with any observational study, we cannot say for certain that the associations we describe between statin use and reduced severity of COVID-19 infection are definitely due to the statins themselves; however, we can now say with very strong evidence that they may play a role in substantially lowering a patient’s risk of death from COVID-19, we hope that our research findings are an incentive for patients to continue with their medication.
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- pasiëntAfrikaans
- صبور, مريضArabic
- цярплі́выBelarusian
- търпеливBulgarian
- pacientCatalan, Valencian
- pacient, trpělivýCzech
- patient, tålmodigDanish
- geduldig, PatientGerman
- υπομονετικός, ασθενήςGreek
- pacienca, pacientino, pacientoEsperanto
- pacienteSpanish
- بردبار, شکیبنده, صبور, مریض, شکیبا, بیمارPersian
- kärsivällinen, potilasFinnish
- patient, patienteFrench
- doenteGalician
- פציאנט, מטופלHebrew
- बीमार, मरीज़, रोगीHindi
- páciens, beteg, türelmesHungarian
- համբերատար, հիվանդArmenian
- sjúklingur, þolinmóðurIcelandic
- pazienteItalian
- しんぼう強い, 患者, 忍耐強い, 我慢強い, 気が長いJapanese
- អ្នកជំងឺKhmer
- 患者, 환자Korean
- patiēnsLatin
- gedëllegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- tūroroMāori
- трпеливMacedonian
- ڤساکيت, sabar, pesakitMalay
- tålmodigNorwegian
- patiënt, geduldig, patiënteDutch
- pasientNorwegian
- cierpliwy, pacjent, pacjentkaPolish
- pacientePortuguese
- пациент, терпеливый, больнойRussian
- pacìjentica, болесник, pacìjentkinja, pacìjent, strpljiv, болесница, стрпљивSerbo-Croatian
- trpezlivý, pacientka, pacientSlovak
- bolnica, bolnik, pacientka, potrpežljiv, pacientSlovene
- mokudiSouthern Sotho
- tålmodig, patient, ha tålamodSwedish
- நோயாளிTamil
- రోగిTelugu
- pasyenteTagalog
- sabırlıTurkish
- терплячий, терпеливийUkrainian
- بیمار, مریضUrdu
- kiên nhẫnVietnamese
- sufälikVolapük
- 病人Chinese
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