patient

/'peiʃənt/
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patient

The doctor spoke calmly to the patient in the examination room.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Enduring trying circumstances with even temper: Able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.
    • Characterized by such endurance: Demonstrating or involving patience.

  2. Noun:

    • A person who requires medical care: An individual receiving or registered to receive medical treatment.
    • The semantic role: In linguistics, the entity that is directly involved in or affected by the action of the verb.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • She was very patient while waiting for the test results.
    • A good teacher must be patient with students who are struggling.
  • Noun:
    • The doctor saw her first patient at 9 a.m.
    • The hospital can accommodate up to 500 patients.
Advanced Usage
  • "Patient of" (archaic/formal): Tolerant or capable of enduring something.
    • He was patient of the most severe criticisms.
  • "Patient as..." (simile): Used in comparisons to describe extreme patience.
    • She was as patient as a saint with the children.
Variants and Related Words
  • Patience (n): The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.
    • Her patience with the complicated process was admirable.
  • Patiently (adv): In a patient manner.
    • He waited patiently for his turn.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Forbearing, tolerant, uncomplaining, stoic, persevering.
  • Noun: Invalid, case, sick person, client (in some contexts like therapy).
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Impatient, intolerant, restless.
Related Phrases
  • Patient confidentiality: The ethical duty of a healthcare provider not to disclose information about a patient.
    • The nurse explained the rules of patient confidentiality.
  • Patient zero: The initial patient in the population sample of an epidemiological investigation.
    • Scientists tried to trace the outbreak back to patient zero.
patient

The doctor spoke calmly to the patient in the examination room.

Adjective
  1. 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
Noun
  1. 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
  2. a person who requires medical care
    • the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly

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