Definition of patient

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Patient (a.) Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.

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Amnesia :: Amnesia (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ..
Disquiet :: Disquiet (a.) Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.
Infirmary :: Infirmary (n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated..
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..
Disagree :: Disagree (v. i.) To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste..
Dose :: Dose (n.) To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses..
Impatient :: Impatient (n.) One who is impatient.
Wince :: Wince (v. i.) To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces..
Ferret :: Ferret (n.) To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret..
Hectic :: Hectic (a.) In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient..
Autophony :: Autophony (n.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest..
Epilepsy :: Epilepsy (n.) The falling sickness, so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles..
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..
Dropsical :: Dropsical (a.) Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient..
Longanimity :: Longanimity (n.) Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.
Parelle :: Parelle (n.) A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum).
Passive :: Passive (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission..
Etherize :: Etherize (v. t.) To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient..
Hastily :: Hastily (adv.) Passionately; impatiently.
Asthmatical :: Asthmatical (a.) Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient..
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