patient

[ pey-shuhnt ]
/ ˈpeɪ ʃənt /

noun

a person who is under medical care or treatment.
a person or thing that undergoes some action.
Archaic. a sufferer or victim.

adjective

Idioms for patient

    patient of,
    1. having or showing the capacity for endurance: a man patient of distractions.
    2. susceptible of: This statement is patient of criticism.

Origin of patient

1275–1325; Middle English pacient (adj. and noun) < Middle French < Latin patient- (stem of patiēns), present participle of patī to undergo, suffer, bear; see -ent

ANTONYMS FOR patient

4 hostile.
5 impatient, agitated.

OTHER WORDS FROM patient

Words nearby patient

pathos, pathosis, pathway, patiala, patience, patient, patiki, patin, patina, patinaed, patinate

British Dictionary definitions for patientless

patient
/ (ˈpeɪʃənt) /

adjective

noun

a person who is receiving medical care
rare a person or thing that is the recipient of some action

Derived forms of patient

patiently, adverb

Word Origin for patient

C14: see patience

Medical definitions for patientless

patient
[ pā′shənt ]

n.

One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.