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
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].
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.]
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 »
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
Hospital CEO Todd P. Sklamberg:
There were no exposures to our patients as our staff complies with all PPE guidelines, masking at all times and wearing face shields with all patient encounters.
If I'm a hospital, I want to know from the people with experience, how did they manage this patient ? i don't want to know this when my first case arrives two months from now. I want to know this now so I can plan and prepare.
But the feedback from doctors was that it would be better for there to be less automation, as a personal presence would comfort and calm the patient.
Pennsylvania Irishman Shane Lowry:
County Offaly was a really good morning's work for me and I am really looking forward to getting out there in the afternoon and seeing what I can do, county Offaly's one of the best rounds of my career, a 65 on this course. I just need to stay in the moment, stay patient. It's going to be tough. I mean, let's be honest, I've already visualized Pennsylvania Irishman Shane Lowry winning.
Her attitude is what you like to see in a patient— they’re not defeated; they’re going up against what they have, she sees the sickest patients, who from time to time do get down, and when they hear her story, they sober up and say, ‘If this woman can do what she’s done with her life, I can do something with mine.’.
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Translations for patient
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- 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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