PATIENT meaning: Individual receiving medical care, treatment

We found 48 dictionaries that define the word Patient:

General (30 matching dictionaries)

patient: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
patient: Merriam-Webster
patient: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
patient: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
patient: Collins English Dictionary
patient: Vocabulary.com
Patient, patient, patient: Wordnik
patient: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
patient: Wiktionary
patient: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
patient: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
patient: Infoplease Dictionary
patient: Dictionary.com
patient (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
patient: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Patient (disambiguation), Patient (grammar), Patient (linguistics), Patient (memoir), Patient, The Patient (Tool song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Patient: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
patient: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
patient: Rhymezone
Patient (m), patient, patient(e): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
patient: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Patient: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
patient: FreeDictionary.org
patient: Mnemonic Dictionary
Patient: The Word Detective
patient: TheFreeDictionary.com
Patient: World Wide Words
patient: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)

Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
Literary Criticism (No longer online)
Patient: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

patient: Legal dictionary
patient: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

patient: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)

patient: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
Patient: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
patient: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
patient: Medical dictionary
Patient: Brain Injury
Patient: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
patient: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

The Patient, patient: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See patienting as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Patient)

▸ adjective:  (of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
▸ adjective:  Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.
▸ noun:  A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.
▸ noun:  (linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
▸ noun:  One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Opposite:

impatient, hasty, restless, impulsive, rash

Types:

inpatient, outpatient, emergency patient, admitted patient, discharged patient, more...

Phrases:

patient care, in patient, patient education, patient of, cancer patient, more...

Adjectives:

same, individual, old, elderly, ill, particular, female, diabetic, young, more, male

Colors:

light blue, soft green, pastel pink, lavender, pale yellow, more...

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