PATIENT
\pˈe͡ɪʃənt], \pˈeɪʃənt], \p_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of PATIENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
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enduring without protest or complaint
By Princeton University
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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
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a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
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enduring without protest or complaint
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.
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Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering.
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Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor.
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Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed.
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Forbearing; long-suffering.
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ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
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To compose, to calm.
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A person under medical or surgical treatment; - correlative to physician or nurse.
By Oddity Software
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Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.
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Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering.
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Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor.
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Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed.
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Forbearing; long-suffering.
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ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
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To compose, to calm.
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A person under medical or surgical treatment; - correlative to physician or nurse.
By Noah Webster.
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Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Suffering pain, hardship, affliction, insult, etc., with meekness or calmness; forbearing; untiring in labor; persevering.
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One under the care of a doctor.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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Sustaining pain, etc., without repining: not easily provoked: persevering: expecting with calmness.
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One who bears or suffers: a person under medical treatment.
By Daniel Lyons
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A sufferer; one under medical treatment.
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Sustaining pain, wrong, or toil without complaint; meek; resigned; calmly expectant.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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