Definition of patient

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Patient (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering..

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Dropsical :: Dropsical (a.) Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient..
Job :: Job (n.) The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.
Syphilitically :: Syphilitic (n.) A syphilitic patient.
Delirious :: Delirious (a.) Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies..
Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under..
Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
Corybantiasm :: Corybantiasm (n.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep.
Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient..
Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. t.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine..
History :: History (n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill..
Restless :: Restless (a.) Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night..
Patiently :: Patiently (adv.) In a patient manner.
Sign :: Sign (n.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the patient..
Asthmatical :: Asthmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient..
Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient..
Out-patient :: Out-patient (n.) A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it..
Better :: Better (a.) Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better..
Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..
Weaken :: Weaken (v. i.) To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination..
Cure :: Cure (v. t.) To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient..
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