Definition of patient

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Patient (n.) A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse.

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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..
Photopsia :: Photopsia (n.) An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene..
Clinic :: Clinic (n.) A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils..
Disquiet :: Disquiet (a.) Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.
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..
Case :: Case (n.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury..
Patient :: Patient (n.) A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse.
Forbearing :: Forbearing (a.) Disposed or accustomed to forbear; patient; long-suffering.
Nyctalopia :: Nyctalopia (n.) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness..
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..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite..
Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. i.) To write or to give medical directions; to indicate remedies; as, to prescribe for a patient in a fever..
Out-patient :: Out-patient (n.) A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it..
Dose :: Dose (n.) To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses..
Demonomania :: Demonomania (n.) A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.
Hectic :: Hectic (a.) In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient..
Insolation :: Insolation (n.) Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath.
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..
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 (n.) One who is impatient.
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