Definition of patient

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

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Pectoriloquy :: Pectoriloquy (n.) The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity..
Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not to be borne; unendurable.
Quick :: Quick (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper..
Dropsical :: Dropsical (a.) Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient..
Feverish :: Feverish (a.) Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish..
Forbearing :: Forbearing (a.) Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.
Overeager :: Overeager (a.) Too eager; too impatient.
Resignation :: Resignation (n.) The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God..
Palpation :: Palpation (n.) Examination of a patient by touch.
Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
Nephritical :: Nephritical (a.) Affected with a disease of the kidneys; as, a nephritic patient..
Insolation :: Insolation (n.) Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath.
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
Ass :: Ass (n.) A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed..
Patience :: Patience (n.) The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc..
Quietly :: Quietly (adv.) Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils..
Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. t.) To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine..
Patient :: Patient (n.) A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse.
Infirmary :: Infirmary (n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated..
Out-patient :: Out-patient (n.) A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it..
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