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Definition patient

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of pati (“to suffer, endure”); akin to Greek ??????? (páskhein, “to suffer”); see pathos, from Proto-Indo-European *p?(i)- "to hurt" [Pokorny p?(i)- 792].

Adjective

patient (comparative patienter or more patient, superlative patientest or most patient)

1. (of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
2. Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
3. (obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.

Noun

patient (plural patients)

1. A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
2. (linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
3. One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

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