patient
pay shuhnt
- n a person who requires medical care
the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly - n the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
- a 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
- A well-informed patient can be a good thing, so long as he or she's got the right kind of information.
- One patient gets his broken arm set without a grimace, another has no symptoms but wants Percocet.
- The patient will neither look entirely like the donor nor entirely like her old self, with bone and soft tissue combining to form a third face entirely.