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What (who) is patient - definition
PERSON WHO TAKES A MEDICAL TREATMENT OR IS SUBJECT OF A CASE STUDY
Inpatient; Health consumer; Outpatient; Outpatients; Inpatients; Out-patient; In-patient; Inpatient admissions; Outpatient Department; Outpatient procedure; Inpatient procedure; Discharge planning; Day patient; Patients; Daypatient; Healthcare consumer
![Patients at the Red Cross Hospital in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]] during the 1918 [[Finnish Civil War]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Haavoittuneita Punaisen ristin sairaalassa Tampereella (26901645371).jpg?width=200 "Patients at the Red Cross Hospital in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]] during the 1918 [[Finnish Civil War]]")
patient
(patients)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
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.
The earlier the treatment is given, the better the patient's chances...
He specialized in treatment of cancer patients.
N-COUNT
2.
If you are patient, you stay calm and do not get annoyed, for example when something takes a long time, or when someone is not doing what you want them to do.
Please be patient-your cheque will arrive...
He was endlessly kind and patient with children.
? impatient
ADJ
• patiently
She waited patiently for Frances to finish.
ADV: ADV with v
patient
I
adj. patient in; with
II
n.
1) to cure; handle; treat a patient
2) to discharge a patient (from a hospital)
3) an ambulatory; cardiac; comatose; hospital; mental; private patient
patient
I. a.
1.
Enduring, able to endure.
2.
Submissive, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, passive, long-suffering.
3.
Quiet, calm, contented.
4.
Indulgent, lenient, long-suffering.
5.
Persevering, persistent, diligent, assiduous, indefatigable, constant.
II. n.
Invalid, sufferer, sick person.
Wikipedia
Patient
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.
Examples of use of patient
1. But no one can know what a patient thinks except the patient.
2. One patient at the party was Hamzah Butt – the UK‘s youngest surviving heart transplant patient.
3. She records the patient, and then has the patient listen to the tape repeatedly.
4. I‘m not patient forever, and I‘m not patient with dawdling," Bush said.
5. But we’ve been patient so far and we’ll continue to be patient,» he said.