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"Patient" Definition

noun

Archaic One who suffers.
Linguistics A noun or noun phrase identifying one that is acted upon or undergoes an action. Also called goal.
One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.
An individual awaiting or under care and treatment.
The recipient of any of various personal services.

adjective

Bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness.
Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance: "My uncle Toby was a man patient of injuries” ( Laurence Sterne).
Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or result; not hasty or impulsive.
Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.
Persevering; constant: With patient industry, she revived the failing business and made it thrive.

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