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patient

adj
/ˈpeɪ̯ʃənt/

Etymology

From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).

  1. derived from *peh₁-✻ — “to hate, hurt”
  2. derived from patiens
  3. derived from pacient
  4. derived from patient
  5. inherited from pacient

Definitions

  1. Willing to wait if necessary

    Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

    • Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.
    • Asari Cultural VI: Due to our lifespan-sometimes reaching 1,000 years of age-we are patient in our decisions, and prefer long-term solutions over short-term gains.

  2. Constant in pursuit or exertion

    Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.

    • patient endeavour
    • a patient wait
    • patient analysis

  3. Physically able to suffer or bear.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health…

      A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.

      • Hello, is your practice currently accepting new patients? I'd like to become a patient there if so.
      • At the veterinary clinic, caring for the patients successfully and dealing with the patients’ owners successfully are both necessary skills.
      • The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.

    2. The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.

      • The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.
      • The number of a first or second person participant is generally marked for both agent and patient in all aspects.
      • Since we have argued that the absolutive argument in Dyirbal is the grammatical subject of its clause, we must conclude that in the antipassive construction the agent replaces the patient as grammatical subject.

    3. One who, or that which, is passively affected

      One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

      • Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient.
      • For it seems clear that the subject of change is the changed, i.e. the patient -- on one proviso. the proviso is that there be an agent or changer.
      • How does a person change from a patient to an agent in shaping and living a course of life?

    4. A surname.

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Derived

omnipatient, overpatient, patient as Job, patiently, unpatient, copatient, cyberpatient, heartsink patient, index patient, inpatient, interpatient, intrapatient, mental patient, nonpatient, outpatient, patientcare, patient contact, patienthood, patient information leaflet, patientive, patientless, patientlike, patientness, patient of something, patient role, patient under investigation, patient zero, pseudopatient, superpatient, telepatient, trans patient, transpatient, walking patient, xenopatient

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at patient. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01patient02persevering03perseverance04opposition05seen06understood07indicates08indicate09symptoms10symptom

A definitional loop anchored at patient. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at patient

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA