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PATIENT definition: 1. a person who is receiving medical care, or who is cared for by a particular doctor or dentist…. Learn more.
Noun. The research, which involved nearly 2,000 patients, showed that, in fact, 93 percent of both sexes reported chest pain—the most common symptom—while a similar percentage of men and women (nearly 50 percent) also felt pain radiating from their left arm.
PATIENT meaning: 1. a person who is receiving medical care, or who is cared for by a particular doctor or dentist…. Learn more.
An early look at 45 patients shows that people who did the nose rinses, either saline alone or saline with soap, got rid of their headaches and nose congestion about a week earlier than the people who didn’t use rinses.
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. She waited patiently for Frances to finish. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
PATIENT meaning: 1. having patience: 2. someone who is being treated by a doctor, nurse, etc: . Learn more.
adjective. 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 ”. synonyms: uncomplaining. not complaining.
Definition of patient noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pa‧tient1 /ˈpeɪʃənt/ S2 W1 noun [ countable] someone who is receiving medical treatment from a doctor or in a hospital see thesaurus at customer COLLOCATIONS ADJECTIVES/NOUN + patient a cancer/AIDS etc patient One in three cancer patients suffers no pain at all. a heart patient (=one with ...
Medicine a person who is under medical care or treatment. a person or thing that undergoes some action. Archaic. a sufferer or victim. adj. bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like.
