Definition of patient

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Patient (n.) ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient..

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Infirmary :: Infirmary (n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated..
Nephritical :: Nephritical (a.) Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient..
Water Bed :: Water bed () A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients..
Job :: Job (n.) The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.
Rhinoplasty :: Rhinoplasty (n.) Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person..
Megalomania :: Megalomania (n.) A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.
Disquiet :: Disquiet (a.) Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.
Sufferable :: Sufferable (a.) Able to suffer or endure; patient.
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..
Patient :: Patient (n.) A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse.
Externe :: Externe (n.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients..
Endure :: Endure (v. i.) To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out..
Corybantiasm :: Corybantiasm (n.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep.
Unpatient :: Unpatient (a.) Impatient.
Zoanthropy :: Zoanthropy (n.) A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals.
Restless :: Restless (a.) Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night..
Restive :: Restive (a.) Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory..
Wince :: Wince (v. i.) To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces..
Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient..
Forbearing :: Forbearing (a.) Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.
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