Patient

adj. tolerant, forbearing, long-suffering

n. one who receives therapy or treatment (medical, psychiatric, etc.)

For the state of being, see Patience. For other uses, see Patient (disambiguation).A patient is any person who receives medical attention, care, or treatment. The person is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician or other medical professional. Health consumer, health care consumer or client are other names for patient, usually used by governmental agencies, insurance companies, and/or patient groups (who may object to some implications of the word 'patient').
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Pa·tient n. One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment. patient, n a person under medical or dental care. [more]Patient - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
(hypernym) case
(hyponym) alexic
(member-holonym) doctor-patient relation
2. 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
(synonym) affected role, patient role
(hypernym) semantic role, participant role
Adjective
1. 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"
(antonym) impatient
(similar) diligent, persevering
(see-also) tolerant
2. enduring without protest or complaint
(similar) uncomplaining

n. patient, one who receives therapy or treatment (medical, psychiatric, etc.)