Forms of the word patient

пациент, больной, терпеливый, упорный, настойчивый

существительное

- больной, пациент
- раненый
- объект воздействия

прилагательное ↓

- терпеливый

to be patient with /towards/ smth. — терпеливо сносить что-л. 
she was patient with her aunt’s infirmities — она терпеливо переносила хвори своей тётушки 
he is patient in adversity — он терпеливо переносит трудности /испытания/ 

- упорный, настойчивый

years of patient labour — годы упорного труда 

- (of) терпящий, допускающий

plants patient of cold — растения, не боящиеся холода, холодостойкие растения 
facts are patient of various interpretations — факты допускают разные толкования 

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Словосочетания

extension of the patient’s life — продление жизни больного /пациента/  
a patient with a damaged kidney — пациент с нарушением функции почек  
a patient who is on tranquilizers — пациент, который находится на транквилизаторах  
the concept of total patient care — концепция тотального ухода за пациентами  
refer a patient to a specialist — направить больного к специалисту  
chronic patient — человек, страдающий хроническим заболеванием  
acute patient — больной в тяжёлом состоянии  
many years of patient labour — долгие годы упорного труда  
to handle a patient — лечить больного  
to treat a patient — лечить больного  
physician-patient privilege — привилегия на сохранение врачебной тайны  
he is patient under adversity — он терпеливо переносит несчастье  

Примеры с переводом

The patient cannot walk yet. 

Пациент пока что не может ходить.

Louise was very patient with me. 

Луиза была со мной очень терпелива.

Try all that ever you can to be patient. 

Изо всех своих сил старайся быть терпеливым.

The patient made a quick recovery. 

Пациент быстро выздоровел.

The patient is sinking fast. 

Пациент быстро угасает.

Is the patient conscious yet? 

Пациент уже пришёл в себя?

The patient was attended by Dr. Ronald. 

Больного лечил доктор Роналд.

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Ms. Hart was familiar with local medical-review policies from her work as a patient advocate.  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

impatient  — нетерпеливый, нетерпимый, раздражительный, беспокойный, нетерпящий
inpatient  — стационарный больной
patiently  — терпеливо

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): patient
мн. ч.(plural): patients

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  • 1 Pronunciation
  • 2 Adjective
    • 2.1 Antonyms
  • 3 Noun
    • 3.1 Synonyms

Pronunciation[change]

  • IPA (key): /ˈpeɪʃənt/
  • Audio (RP) (file)
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  • Hyphenation: pa‧tient

Adjective[change]

Positive
patient

Comparative
more patient

Superlative
most patient

  1. If someone is patient, they can wait without getting upset.
    It’s hard to be patient with people who don’t listen to you.
    I’m a patient man with a long memory; I can wait.

Antonyms[change]

  • impatient

Noun[change]

Singular
patient

Plural
patients

  1. A patient is a person or animal under medical care.
    Emergency room doctors treated over 200 patients today.
    Patients with various illnesses were put on the diet.

Synonyms[change]

  • client

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Last Updated: December 9, 2021 | Author: Corey Walker

Contents

  • 1 Is patient plural?
  • 2 Are patients correct?
  • 3 Which is correct patients or patient’s?
  • 4 How do you remember patients or patience?
  • 5 How do you write patients plural?
  • 6 Why do we call patients patients?
  • 7 Is patient and patient spelled the same?
  • 8 What is the difference of patients and patience?
  • 9 How do you spell sick patients?
  • 10 Why is patient and patient spelled the same?
  • 11 How do you say be patient?
  • 12 What is hospital patient?
  • 13 How do you spell patient as in patience?
  • 14 What’s another way to say be patient?
  • 15 What is patient person?
  • 16 How do you say not patient?
  • 17 What is the prefix of patient?
  • 18 What type of word is patient?
  • 19 Is Impatientness a word?
  • 20 What is patient antonym?

Is patient plural?

There’s room for confusion here, so let’s make this simple: You can be patient, because patient is an adjective; You can have patience, because patience is a noun; You can be patience personified, but it’s not very easy to achieve; You can’t have patient; Patients is the plural of the noun patient, a person who is …

Are patients correct?

PATIENTS is plural, meaning a number of people. PATIENT’S is possessive, meaning belonging to one person. It can also signify a contraction as in: THE PATIENT’S deceased!

Which is correct patients or patient’s?

Patient’s characteristics: This can work, although the apostrophe implies a sense of ownership – as in [a/the] ‘patient’s car’ and [a/the] ‘patient’s head. ‘ Patients’ characteristics: The same argument as above applies here. This is simply the plural form of ‘patient’s characteristics.

How do you remember patients or patience?

You can use the spelling of these two words to remember which word has which meaning. Patients ends with s simply because it is a regular plural noun, all of which end with s. Patience ends with ence. It is one of several noun forms with this ending that have an adjective form ending in t.

How do you write patients plural?

When a noun is in the form of plural which means it has -s at its end we change it into possessive by adding apostrophe (‘) to it. With the reference to the question, patients is a plural form of noun and converted into patients’ by adding apostrophe to it.

Why do we call patients patients?

Etymology. The word patient originally meant ‘one who suffers’. … Patient comes from the Latin “patiens,” from “patior,” to suffer or bear. The patient, in this language, is truly passive—bearing whatever suffering is necessary and tolerating patiently the interventions of the outside expert.

Is patient and patient spelled the same?

Patience is a noun and is a human character trait. Its adjective form is patient. Patients is the plural form of patient. … A patient refers to someone who is receiving medical care.

What is the difference of patients and patience?

Difference between Patients and Patience. The word patient, as mentioned, is used as a noun and as an adjective, whereas word patience is used as a noun only. The word patient’s meaning as an adjective is to accept or tolerate the delays without becoming anxious.

How do you spell sick patients?

Patients is the plural of the noun, patient, i.e. a person who is sick and receiving medical treatment of some kind.

Why is patient and patient spelled the same?

Why? Because patient as a noun (person receiving medical care) is the only form of patient that can have in- as a prefix. This creates the word inpatient, which means a person receiving medical care while remaining at a hospital. Patient as an adjective is the only form of the word that can have im- as a prefix.

How do you say be patient?

be patient

  1. endure.
  2. forbear.
  3. make allowance.
  4. put up with.
  5. suffer.
  6. wait.

What is hospital patient?

A patient is a person who is receiving medical treatment from a doctor or hospital. A patient is also someone who is registered with a particular doctor.

How do you spell patient as in patience?

The noun “patience” refers to the ability to wait or endure hardship for a long time without becoming upset. The noun “patients” is the plural form of “patient”—someone who receives medical care.

What’s another way to say be patient?

What is another word for be patient?

tolerate endure
accept bear
forbear stand
show forbearance bear with
put up with make allowance for

What is patient person?

Patience is a person’s ability to wait something out or endure something tedious, without getting riled up. … Having patience means you can remain calm, even when you’ve been waiting forever or dealing with something painstakingly slow or trying to teach someone how to do something and they just don’t get it.

How do you say not patient?

English Language Learners Definition of impatient

  1. : not willing to wait for something or someone : not patient.
  2. : wanting or eager to do something without waiting.
  3. : showing that you do not want to wait : showing a lack of patience.

What is the prefix of patient?

Patient comes from the Latin word patientem, meaning “to endure,” but add the prefix im- and you get impatient — the inability to endure delays, mix-ups, people walking slowly, red lights. . .

What type of word is patient?

patient is an adjective and a noun, patiently is an adverb, patience is a noun:Be patient with the baby. That doctor has many patients.

Is Impatientness a word?

Quality of being impatient.

What is patient antonym?

patient. Antonyms: ferocious, fierce, fiery, furious, impetuous, raging, savage, uncultivated, untrained, violent, wild. Synonyms: affectionate, docile, gentle, harmless, kind, mild, peaceful, submissive, sweet, tame, tender.

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[ pey-shuhnt ]

/ ˈpeɪ ʃənt /

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noun

a person who is under medical care or treatment.

a person or thing that undergoes some action.

Archaic. a sufferer or victim.

adjective

bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like.

characterized by or expressing such a quality: a patient smile.

quietly and steadily persevering or diligent, especially in detail or exactness: a patient worker.

undergoing the action of another (opposed to agent).

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Idioms about patient

    patient of,

    1. having or showing the capacity for endurance: a man patient of distractions.
    2. susceptible of: This statement is patient of criticism.

Origin of patient

1275–1325; Middle English pacient (adj. and noun) <Middle French <Latin patient- (stem of patiēns), present participle of patī to undergo, suffer, bear; see -ent

OTHER WORDS FROM patient

pa·tient·less, adjectivepa·tient·ly, adverbpa·tient·ness, nouno·ver·pa·tient, adjective

quasi-patient, adjectivequa·si-pa·tient·ly, adverbsu·per·pa·tient, adjectivesu·per·pa·tient·ly, adverbun·pa·tient, adjectiveun·pa·tient·ly, adverb

Words nearby patient

pathosis, pathway, -pathy, Patiala, patience, patient, patient zero, patiki, patin, patina, patinaed

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Words related to patient

calm, forgiving, gentle, quiet, tolerant, case, inmate, subject, sufferer, victim, long-suffering, understanding, convalescent, emergency, invalid, outpatient, shut-in, accommodating, composed, easygoing

How to use patient in a sentence

  • For example, a patient may be allergic to an excipient in the newly refilled medicine with a different manufacturer.

  • Eleven health care providers — seven doctors, four nurses, a patient councillor and an endocrinologist — participated in the training.

  • An early look at 45 patients shows that people who did the nose rinses, either saline alone or saline with soap, got rid of their headaches and nose congestion about a week earlier than the people who didn’t use rinses.

  • Cardiac MRIs revealed signs of heart inflammation in 60 of these patients after their infection.

  • However, case-patients were more likely to have reported dining at a restaurant… in the 2 weeks before illness onset than were control-participants.

  • Doctors are prohibited from doing what a patient needs by rigid practice guidelines.

  • For the individual patient, there is the potential for side effects or adverse reactions.

  • This not only defrauds the state out of thousands of dollars, but also deprives the patient who needs the drugs.

  • Within days of the first symptom, a headache, the patient was fighting for his life.

  • No trained medical provider could possibly expect to nourish a patient this way.

  • “But this is not a case of attending a patient, Baron,” said David Arden, a little haughtily.

  • But Yung Pak had long before learned to be patient under such circumstances.

  • Surely, since he had been patient so long without hope, he could be still more patient now that hope had dawned!

  • He glanced up and saw the face of the Bruder watching him with a smile of patient indulgence.

  • He told how the Korean farmer lived a simple, patient life, while at the same time he was ignorant and superstitious.

British Dictionary definitions for patient

adjective

enduring trying circumstances with even temper

tolerant; understanding

capable of accepting delay with equanimity

persevering or diligenta patient worker

archaic admitting of a certain interpretation

noun

a person who is receiving medical care

rare a person or thing that is the recipient of some action

Derived forms of patient

patiently, adverb

Word Origin for patient

C14: see patience

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Adjective

To pry apart violent Islamic radicals, the United States has to become knowledgeable about internal cleavages and be patient in exploiting them.


—Samantha Power, New York Times Book Review, 29 July 2007


I pack them into the compartment for a visit, pack till it’s full far beyond capacity and weep with them, share with them my scanty bit of good fortune, tell them I care, tell them be patient, tell them I’m on their side …


—John Edgar Wideman, Harper’s, December 2003


There’s no sense being patient with people who make you wait, because they’ll only make you wait longer the next time.


—Andrew A. Rooney, And More by Andy Rooney, (1979) 1982



I hate having to stand in long lines. I’m just not very patient.



The teacher treated her students in a patient and understanding way.



“Aren’t you finished yet?” “Be patient. I’ll be done soon.”



Proofreading requires patient attention to detail.



They put in years of patient labor on the project.

Noun



Several patients were waiting to see the doctor.



the nurse asked the patient to change into a paper gown

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WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

pa•tient /ˈpeɪʃənt/USA pronunciation  
n. [countable]

  1. Medicineone under medical care or treatment:The patients in this ward all have cancer.

adj.

  1. able to control one’s feelings in spite of annoyance, misfortune, etc., without complaining.
  2. continuing to work steadily;
    diligent;
    steady.

pa•tient•ly, adv.: The dog sat patiently.See -pat-.

    patient is an adjective and a noun, patiently is an adverb, patience is a noun:Be patient with the baby. That doctor has many patients. That teacher treats his class patiently. Don’t lose your patience with the baby.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

pa•tient 
(pā′shənt),USA pronunciation n. 

  1. Medicinea person who is under medical care or treatment.
  2. a person or thing that undergoes some action.
  3. Archaic. a sufferer or victim.

adj.

  1. bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like.
  2. characterized by or expressing such a quality:a patient smile.
  3. quietly and steadily persevering or diligent, esp. in detail or exactness:a patient worker.
  4. undergoing the action of another (opposed to agent ).
  5. Idioms patient of:
    • Idiomshaving or showing the capacity for endurance:a man patient of distractions.
    • Idiomssusceptible of:This statement is patient of criticism.

  • Latin patient- (stem of patiēns), present participle of patī to undergo, suffer, bear; see —ent
  • Middle French
  • Middle English pacient (adjective, adjectival and noun, nominal) 1275–1325

pa′tient•less, adj. 
pa′tient•ly, adv. 
pa′tient•ness, n. 

    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged invalid.
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged uncomplaining, long-suffering, forbearing, resigned, passive, calm.
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged quiet, serene, unruffled, unexcited, self-possessed, composed.
    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sedulous, assiduous, untiring.


    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hostile.
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged impatient, agitated.


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

patient /ˈpeɪʃənt/ adj

  1. enduring trying circumstances with even temper
  2. tolerant; understanding
  3. capable of accepting delay with equanimity
  4. persevering or diligent: a patient worker

n

  1. a person who is receiving medical care

Etymology: 14th Century: see patience

ˈpatiently adv

‘patient‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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