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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.
Etymology[edit]
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 (paskhein, to suffer) and its cognate noun πάθος (pathos).
This language has been construed as meaning that the role of patients is to passively accept and tolerate the suffering and treatments prescribed by the healthcare providers, without engaging in shared decision-making about their care.[1]
Outpatients and inpatients[edit]
Receptionist in Kenya attending to an outpatient
An outpatient (or out-patient) is a patient who attends an outpatient clinic with no plan to stay beyond the duration of the visit. Even if the patient will not be formally admitted with a note as an outpatient, their attendance is still registered, and the provider will usually give a note explaining the reason for the visit, tests, or procedure/surgery, which should include the names and titles of the participating personnel, the patient’s name and date of birth, signature of informed consent, estimated pre-and post-service time for history and exam (before and after), any anesthesia, medications or future treatment plans needed, and estimated time of discharge absent any (further) complications. Treatment provided in this fashion is called ambulatory care. Sometimes surgery is performed without the need for a formal hospital admission or an overnight stay, and this is called outpatient surgery or day surgery, which has many benefits including lowered healthcare cost, reducing the amount of medication prescribed, and using the physician’s or surgeon’s time more efficiently. Outpatient surgery is suited best for more healthy patients undergoing minor or intermediate procedures (limited urinary-tract, eye, or ear, nose, and throat procedures and procedures involving superficial skin and the extremities). More procedures are being performed in a surgeon’s office, termed office-based surgery, rather than in a hospital-based operating room.
A mother spends days sitting with her son, a hospital patient in Mali
An inpatient (or in-patient), on the other hand, is «admitted» to stay in a hospital overnight or for an indeterminate time, usually, several days or weeks, though in some extreme cases, such as with coma or persistent vegetative state, patients can stay in hospitals for years, sometimes until death. Treatment provided in this fashion is called inpatient care. The admission to the hospital involves the production of an admission note. The leaving of the hospital is officially termed discharge, and involves a corresponding discharge note, and sometimes an assessment process to consider ongoing needs. In the English National Health Service this may take the form of «Discharge to Assess» — where the assessment takes place after the patient has gone home.[2]
Misdiagnosis is the leading cause of medical error in outpatient facilities. When the U.S. Institute of Medicine’s groundbreaking 1999 report, To Err Is Human, found up to 98,000 hospital patients die from preventable medical errors in the U.S. each year,[3] early efforts focused on inpatient safety.[4] While patient safety efforts have focused on inpatient hospital settings for more than a decade, medical errors are even more likely to happen in a doctor’s office or outpatient clinic or center[5].[citation needed]
Day patient[edit]
A day patient or (day-patient) is a patient who is using the full range of services of a hospital or clinic but is not expected to stay the night. The term was originally used by psychiatric hospital services using of this patient type to care for people needing support to make the transition from in-patient to out-patient care. However, the term is now also heavily used for people attending hospitals for day surgery.
Alternative terminology[edit]
Because of concerns such as dignity, human rights and political correctness, the term «patient» is not always used to refer to a person receiving health care. Other terms that are sometimes used include health consumer, healthcare consumer, customer or client. However, such terminology may be offensive to those receiving public health care, as it implies a business relationship.
In veterinary medicine, the client is the owner or guardian of the patient. These may be used by governmental agencies, insurance companies, patient groups, or health care facilities. Individuals who use or have used psychiatric services may alternatively refer to themselves as consumers, users, or survivors.
In nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the term resident is generally used in lieu of patient.[6] Similarly, those receiving home health care are called clients.
Patient-centered healthcare[edit]
The doctor–patient relationship has sometimes been characterized as silencing the voice of patients.[7] It is now widely agreed that putting patients at the centre of healthcare[8] by trying to provide a consistent, informative and respectful service to patients will improve both outcomes and patient satisfaction.[9]
When patients are not at the centre of healthcare, when institutional procedures and targets eclipse local concerns, then patient neglect is possible.[10] Incidents, such as the Stafford Hospital scandal, Winterbourne View hospital abuse scandal and the Veterans Health Administration controversy of 2014 have shown the dangers of prioritizing cost control over the patient experience.[11] Investigations into these and other scandals have recommended that healthcare systems put patient experience at the center, and especially that patients themselves are heard loud and clear within health services.[12]
There are many reasons for why health services should listen more to patients. Patients spend more time in healthcare services than regulators or quality controllers, and can recognize problems such as service delays, poor hygiene, and poor conduct.[13] Patients are particularly good at identifying soft problems, such as attitudes, communication, and ‘caring neglect’,[10] that are difficult to capture with institutional monitoring.[14]
One important way in which patients can be placed at the centre of healthcare is for health services to be more open about patient complaints.[15] Each year many hundreds of thousands of patients complain about the care they have received, and these complaints contain valuable information for any health services which want to learn about and improve patient experience.[16]
See also[edit]
- Casualty
- e-Patient
- Mature minor doctrine
- Nurse-client relationship
- Patient abuse
- Patient advocacy
- Patient empowerment
- Patients’ Bill of Rights
- Radiological protection of patients
- Therapeutic inertia
- Virtual patient
- Patient UK
References[edit]
- ^ Neuberger, J. (1999-06-26). «Do we need a new word for patients?». BMJ: British Medical Journal. 318 (7200): 1756–1758. doi:10.1136/bmj.318.7200.1756. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1116090. PMID 10381717.
- ^ «Unpaid carers’ rights are overlooked in hospital discharge». Health Service Journal. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Quality of Health Care in America; Kohn, L. T.; Corrigan, J. M.; Donaldson, M. S. (2000). Kohn, Linda T.; Corrigan, Janet M.; Donaldson, Molla S. (eds.). To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press. doi:10.17226/9728. ISBN 0-309-06837-1. PMID 25077248.
- ^ Bates, David W.; Singh, Hardeep (November 2018). «Two Decades Since: An Assessment Of Progress And Emerging Priorities In Patient Safety». Health Affairs. 37 (11): 1736–1743. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0738. PMID 30395508.
- ^ Muñoz, Roberto (3 July 2022). «AI-enabled patient experience improvement in the Philippines». Proto. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ American Red Cross (1993). Foundations for Caregiving. St. Louis: Mosby Lifeline. ISBN 978-0801665158.
- ^ Clark, Jack A.; Mishler, Elliot G. (September 1992). «Attending to patients’ stories: reframing the clinical task». Sociology of Health and Illness. 14 (3): 344–372. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.ep11357498.
- ^ Stewart, M (24 February 2001). «Towards a Global Definition of Patient Centred Care». BMJ. 322 (7284): 444–5. doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7284.444. PMC 1119673. PMID 11222407.
- ^ Frampton, Susan B.; Guastello, Sara; Hoy, Libby; Naylor, Mary; Sheridan, Sue; Johnston-Fleece, Michelle (31 January 2017). «Harnessing Evidence and Experience to Change Culture: A Guiding Framework for Patient and Family Engaged Care». NAM Perspectives. 7 (1). doi:10.31478/201701f.
- ^ a b Reader, TW; Gillespie, A (30 April 2013). «Patient Neglect in Healthcare Institutions: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Model». BMC Health Serv Res. 13: 156. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-156. PMC 3660245. PMID 23631468.
- ^ Bloche, MG (17 March 2016). «Scandal as a Sentinel Event—Recognizing Hidden Cost-Quality Trade-offs». N Engl J Med. 374 (11): 1001–3. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1502629. PMID 26981930.
- ^ Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry: Executive Summary. London: Stationery Office. 6 February 2013. ISBN 9780102981476. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Weingart, SN; Pagovich, O; Sands, DZ; Li, JM; Aronson, MD; Davis, RB; Phillips, RS; Bates, DW (April 2006). «Patient-reported Service Quality on a Medicine Unit». Int J Qual Health Care. 18 (2): 95–101. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzi087. PMID 16282334.
- ^ Levtzion-Korach, O; Frankel, A; Alcalai, H; Keohane, C; Orav, J; Graydon-Baker, E; Barnes, J; Gordon, K; Puopulo, AL; Tomov, EI; Sato, L; Bates, DW (September 2010). «Integrating Incident Data From Five Reporting Systems to Assess Patient Safety: Making Sense of the Elephant». Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 36 (9): 402–10. doi:10.1016/s1553-7250(10)36059-4. PMID 20873673.
- ^ Berwick, Donald M. (January 2009). «What ‘Patient-Centered’ Should Mean: Confessions Of An Extremist». Health Affairs. 28 (Supplement 1): w555–w565. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.28.4.w555. PMID 19454528.
- ^ Reader, TW; Gillespie, A; Roberts, J (August 2014). «Patient Complaints in Healthcare Systems: A Systematic Review and Coding Taxonomy». BMJ Qual Saf. 23 (8): 678–89. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002437. PMC 4112446. PMID 24876289.
External links[edit]
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- Jadad AR, Rizo CA, Enkin MW (June 2003). «I am a good patient, believe it or not». BMJ. 326 (7402): 1293–5. doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1293. PMC 1126181. PMID 12805157.
a peer-reviewed article published in the British Medical Journal’s (BMJ) first issue dedicated to patients in its 160-year history - Sokol DK (21 February 2004). «How (not) to be a good patient». BMJ. 328 (7437): 471. doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7437.471. PMC 344286.
review article with views on the meaning of the words «good doctor» vs. «good patient» - «Time Magazine’s Dr. Scott Haig Proves that Patients Need to Be Googlers!» – Mary Shomons response to the Time Magazine article «When the Patient is a Googler»
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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Recent Examples on the Web
Florida State and Miami basketball fans, for whatever reason, seem to be more patient and realistic.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
And always be patient, persistent and polite.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
Be patient and aware, because even though there is some luck supporting you, throwing caution completely to the wind will likely result in disappointment.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
Take your time, and be patient with yourself.
—Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
The burden bearer could be patient and self-sacrificing but also bitter.
—Jaeah Lee, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2023
Scheduling doctor’s appointments, calling your kid’s school and ordering takeout are all instances where the other person is supposed to be patient and professional with you.
—Erin Hahn, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
Current and past employees describe the recruiters of Axis Medical Staffing as responsive, patient, knowledgeable, and collaborative.
—Riley Blanton, Verywell Health, 23 Mar. 2023
People have been so great, so patient, so understanding for the most part.
—Josh Chesler, SPIN, 22 Mar. 2023
Bleeding and clotting complications, which can lead to stroke and heart attack, are more common in COVID patients, said Lekshmi Santhosh, an associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
—Jason Gale, Fortune Well, 6 Apr. 2023
In patients undergoing invasive surgical procedures, listening to relaxing music can decrease their levels of the stress hormone cortisol and reduce pain.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 6 Apr. 2023
Thirty-seven of the patients were linked to four healthcare facilities.
—Wire Reports, oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2023
During last year’s especially bad RSV season, some children’s hospitals had to set up tents in their parking lots to deal with the overflow of patients.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
Campbell’s bill in its current form would bar physicians from providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgery to treat gender dysphoria in patients under the age of 18.
—Lauren Mcgaughy, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
And homeless shelters or nursing homes that aren’t equipped to take care of these patients won’t take them.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
The number of patients actually treated was far outstripped by need, but Gomperts came to realize that employing eye-catching methods — breaking silence and taboos — could lead to changes in attitudes.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
Our first study was in cancer patients.
—David Marchese David Marchese, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
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You may have heard the word patience in idioms like “patience is a virtue.” But what is patience? What does it mean to be patient, and what does it mean to be a patient? This article will define the multiple meanings of this word of the day.
Additionally, it will teach you the origin of the word patient and other topics related to the word patient, like translations, synonyms, and antonyms. By the time you finish reading this article, you will be able to use patient as an adjective and a noun confidently.
What Does Patient Mean?
According to Dictionary, the word patient is both an adjective and a noun. As an adjective, the word patient describes someone who is tolerant and calm. As a noun, a patient is a person who is under medical care. Patient is two syllables (pa-tient), and the pronunciation of patient is ˈpeɪʃənt.
How Can We Use Patient in a Sentence?
There are several examples of patient that you might see in every day life. Sometimes, you will see this word as an adjective, and other times you will see it as a noun. Therefore, it is important to be able to use context clues to determine when a patient is an adjective and when it is a noun.
As you study these example sentences, see if you can decipher which part of speech the word patient is in each sentence. Then, come up with your own examples of patient!
Example #1: A Patient’s Health Care
The patient in New York was worried that her health care providers would not cover her emergency medical care since she had just started a new job.
Question: Is patient an adjective or a noun in the above sentence?
Answer: Patient is a noun in the above sentence.
Example #2: The Patient Smile
The elementary school tutor taught the boy struggling with math with a patient smile. She vowed not to give up on him like so many tutors before her already had.
Question: Is patient an adjective or a noun in the above sentence?
Answer: Patient is an adjective in the above sentence.
Example #3: Outpatient vs. Inpatient
The eating disorder patient had to decide between inpatient and outpatient medical treatment.
Question: Is patient an adjective or a noun in the above sentence?
Answer: Patient is a noun in the above sentence.
Example #4: The Patient Worker
The patient worker gave great customer service even to those who screamed and yelled at her.
Question: Is patient an adjective or a noun in the above sentence?
Answer: Patient is an adjective in the above sentence.
Example #5: The Suffering Patients
The long-suffering patients receiving care from the hospital staff were in good spirits.
Question: Is patient an adjective or a noun in the above sentence?
Answer: Patient is a noun in the above sentence.
What Is the Etymology of Patient?
The word patient stems from the Middle English pacient, Latin patient, and Latin patiens, which is the present participle of pati.
What Are Translations of Patient?
It is a nice compliment to describe somebody as patient. If you are traveling in a country where people do not speak English as a first language and want to describe somebody as patient, you can use one of these translations of the word patient from Nice Translator.
You might notice that several of these translations of patient look similar to the word patient itself. This often happens when two words in different languages have the same language of origin, like Latin.
- Norwegian: tålmodig
- Marathi: रुग्ण
- Latvian: pacietīgs
- Estonian: patsient
- Finnish: potilas
- Dutch: geduldig
- Gujarati: ધૈર્યવાન
- Catalan: pacient
- Chinese (Taiwan): 病人
- Croatian: pacijent
- Hebrew: סבלני
- Swedish: patient
- Turkish: hasta
- Bengali: রোগী
- Danish: patient
- Thai: อดทน
- Icelandic: Sjúklingur
- Japanese: 忍耐強い
- Basque: egonarri handiko
- Serbian: пацијент
- Hungarian: beteg
- Malay: pesakit
- Filipino: pasyente
- Urdu: صبر
- Portuguese (Portugal): paciente
- Tamil: நோயாளி
- Portuguese (Brazil): paciente
- Czech: trpěliví
- Russian: пациент
- Spanish: paciente
- Slovenian: potrpežljiv
- Hindi: रोगी
- Italian: paziente
- Arabic: صبور
- French: patient
- German: Geduldig
- Amharic: ታካሚ
- Swahili: mgonjwa
- Romanian: rabdator
- Polish: pacjent
- Telugu: రోగి
- Malayalam: രോഗി
- Slovak: pacient
- Kannada: ತಾಳ್ಮೆಯ
- Bulgarian: търпелив
- Vietnamese: kiên nhẫn
- Indonesian: sabar
- Lithuanian: pacientas
- Welsh: claf
- Chinese (PRC): 病人
- Ukrainian: пацієнт
- Greek: υπομονετικος
- Korean: 인내심 있는
What Are Synonyms of Patient?
Power Thesaurus has many word lists for patient, including this list of synonyms!
- accepting
- accommodating
- acquiescent
- calm
- case
- cases
- charitable
- clement
- client
- compassionate
- compliant
- composed
- considerate
- consumer
- convalescent
- cool
- determined
- disease
- diseased
- dogged
- easygoing
- enduring
- even-tempered
- forbearing
- forgiving
- gentle
- humane
- imperturbable
- indefatigable
- indulgent
- inmate
- inpatient
- invalid
- kind
- lenient
- long-suffering
- longanimous
- meek
- merciful
- mild
- outpatient
- passive
- patience
- patients
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- philosophical
- quiet
- resigned
- resolute
- self-possessed
- serene
- shut-in
- sick
- stoic
- stoical
- subject
- submissive
- sufferer
- tenacious
- tender
- tireless
- tolerant
- tranquil
- uncomplaining
- understanding
- unflagging
- unruffled
- untiring
- valetudinarian
- victim
What Are Antonyms of Patient?
For antonyms of patient, you can also count on Power Thesaurus.
- aggressive
- aggro
- agitated
- agro
- aloof
- animated
- anxious
- arrogant
- as crazy as a bedbug
- as crazy as hell
- as hard as nails
- as mad as a badger
- as mad as a bag of hammers
- as mad as a cut snake
- as mad as a meat axe
- as proud as lucifer
- assertive
- assuming
- audacious
- authoritative
- bigoted
- blatantly aggressive
- blatantly provocative
- bloody-minded
- boastful
- boiling mad
- bold
- bored
- bossy
- braggadocious
- braggart
- bullish
- capricious
- careless
- cocky
- confident
- crotchety
- doctor
- enthusiastic
- facile
- frustrated
- hard as nails
- harsh
- hoity-toity
- hurried
- impatient
- impetuous
- in-your-face
- intolerant
- irascible
- irritable
- rash
- restive
- scared of
- scared stiff
- scared to
- sensitive
- snappish
- terrified of
- violent
- whimsical
- whiny
- wild
- yielding
Conclusion
Patient is both an adjective and a noun. As a noun, patient refers to someone who is under medical treatment. As an adjective, patient describes a calm, tolerant person.
Sources:
- Patient synonyms – 849 Words and Phrases for Patient | Power Thesaurus
- Patient antonyms – 469 Opposites of Patient | Power Thesaurus
- Patient | Nice Translator
- Patient Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
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pa·tient
(pā′shənt)
adj.
1. Bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness.
2. Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.
3. Tolerant; understanding: an unfailingly patient leader and guide.
4. Persevering; constant: With patient industry, she revived the failing business and made it thrive.
5. Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or result; not hasty or impulsive.
6. Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance: «My uncle Toby was a man patient of injuries» (Laurence Sterne).
n.
1. One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.
2. Linguistics A noun or noun phrase identifying one that is acted upon or undergoes an action. Also called goal.
3. Obsolete One who suffers.
[Middle English pacient, from Old French, from Latin patiēns, patient-, present participle of patī, to endure; see pē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
pa′tient·ly adv.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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.
5. archaic admitting of a certain interpretation
n
6. (Medicine) a person who is receiving medical care
7. rare a person or thing that is the recipient of some action
[C14: see patience]
ˈpatiently adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
pa•tient
(ˈpeɪ ʃənt)
n.
1. a person who is under medical care or treatment.
2. a person or thing that undergoes some action.
adj.
3. bearing provocation, annoyance, pain, etc., without complaint or anger.
4. characterized by or expressing such a quality.
5. persevering or diligent; steady.
6. undergoing the action of another (opposed to agent).
Idioms:
patient of,
a. able and willing to endure: patient of others’ mistakes.
b. susceptible of.
[1275–1325; Middle English pacient (adj. and n.) < Middle French < Latin patient- (s. of patiēns), present participle of patī to undergo, suffer, bear; see -ent]
pa′tient•ly, adv.
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
patient
A sick, injured, wounded, or other person requiring medical and/or dental care or treatment.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  patient — a person who requires medical care; «the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly»
alexic — a person with alexia analysand — a person undergoing psychoanalysis arthritic — a person afflicted with arthritis; «the hands of an elderly arthritic» case — a person requiring professional services; «a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor» hypertensive — a person who has abnormally high blood pressure hypochondriac — a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments hypotensive — a person who has abnormally low blood pressure index case — the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study inpatient, inmate — a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated outpatient — a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated vaccinee — a patient who has been vaccinated doctor-patient relation — the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient nurse-patient relation — the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient |
| 2. | patient — 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
participant role, semantic role — (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause |
|
| Adj. | 1. | patient — 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»
uncomplaining — not complaining; «uncomplaining courage» tolerant — showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others impatient — restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition; «impatient with the slower students»; «impatient of criticism» |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
patient
adjective
1. forbearing, understanding, forgiving, mild, accommodating, tolerant, indulgent, lenient, even-tempered He was endlessly kind and patient with children.
forbearing impatient, cross, bad-tempered, intolerant, cantankerous, ill-tempered, crotchety (informal), ill-humoured, narky (Brit. slang), ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), abrupt, irritable, snappy, curt, brusque, irascible, testy
2. long-suffering, resigned, calm, enduring, quiet, composed, persistent, philosophical, serene, persevering, stoical, submissive, self-possessed, uncomplaining, untiring years of patient devotion to her family
Quotations
«That patient is not like to recover who makes the doctor his heir» [Thomas Fuller Gnomologia]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
patient
adjective
Enduring or capable of enduring hardship or inconvenience without complaint:
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
pacienttrpělivý-ka
patienttålmodig
kärsivällinenpotilas
pacijentstrpljivpacijenticapacijentkinja
beteg
sjúklinguròolinmóîur
忍耐強い患者
인내심이 있는환자
patiens
kantriaikantruskantrybėpacientaspasiansas
bolnikpotrpežljiv
patienttålmodig
คนป่วยอดทน
bệnh nhânkiên nhẫn
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
patient
[ˈpeɪʃənt]
modif [care, records] → des patients patient confidentiality
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
patient
n → Patient(in) m(f); cancer/heart patient → Krebs-/Herzpatient(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
patient
[ˈpeɪʃ/ənt]
2. n (Med) → paziente m/f, malato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
patient
(ˈpeiʃənt) adjective
suffering delay, pain, irritation etc quietly and without complaining. It will be your turn soon – you must just be patient!
noun
a person who is being treated by a doctor, dentist etc. The hospital had too many patients.
ˈpatiently adverbˈpatience noun
1. the ability or willingness to be patient. Patience is a virtue.
2. a card game usually played by one person. She often plays patience.
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patient
→ صَبُورٌ, مَرِيضٌ pacient, trpělivý patient, tålmodig geduldig, Patient ασθενής, υπομονετικός paciente kärsivällinen, potilas patient pacijent, strpljiv paziente 忍耐強い, 患者 인내심이 있는, 환자 geduldig, patiënt pasient, tålmodig cierpliwy, pacjent paciente пациент, терпеливый patient, tålmodig คนป่วย, อดทน hasta, sabırlı bệnh nhân, kiên nhẫn 病人, 耐心的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
pa·tient
n. paciente, enfermo-a,
___ discharge → alta, egreso del___;
___ ‘s care → cuidado del ___;
private ___ → ___ privado-a;
self-paying ___ → ___ solvente;
impatient ___ → ___ interno;
outpatient → ___ externo;
adv. con paciencia, pacientemente.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
patient
adj paciente; n paciente mf, enfermo -ma mf; patient-centered centrado en el paciente
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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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
- having or showing the capacity for endurance: a man patient of distractions.
- susceptible of: This statement is patient of criticism.
patient of,
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
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For example, a patient may be allergic to an excipient in the newly refilled medicine with a different manufacturer.
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Eleven health care providers — seven doctors, four nurses, a patient councillor and an endocrinologist — participated in the training.
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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.
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Cardiac MRIs revealed signs of heart inflammation in 60 of these patients after their infection.
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However, case-patients were more likely to have reported dining at a restaurant… in the 2 weeks before illness onset than were control-participants.
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Doctors are prohibited from doing what a patient needs by rigid practice guidelines.
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For the individual patient, there is the potential for side effects or adverse reactions.
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This not only defrauds the state out of thousands of dollars, but also deprives the patient who needs the drugs.
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Within days of the first symptom, a headache, the patient was fighting for his life.
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No trained medical provider could possibly expect to nourish a patient this way.
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“But this is not a case of attending a patient, Baron,” said David Arden, a little haughtily.
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But Yung Pak had long before learned to be patient under such circumstances.
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Surely, since he had been patient so long without hope, he could be still more patient now that hope had dawned!
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He glanced up and saw the face of the Bruder watching him with a smile of patient indulgence.
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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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