patient
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- long-suffering, calm, enduring, persevering, philosophical, resigned, stoical, submissive, uncomplaining
- forbearing, even-tempered, forgiving, indulgent, lenient, mild, tolerant, understanding
[noun]
Synonyms:
- sick person, case, invalid, sufferer

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English Thesaurus: customer, client, shopper, guest, patron, ...

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I. pa‧tient¹ S2 W1 /ˈpeɪʃənt/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: patience ≠ impatience, patient; adverb: patiently ≠ impatiently; adjective: patient ≠ impatient]
someone who is receiving medical treatment from a doctor or in a hospital

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II. patient² W3 adjective
[Word Family: noun: patience ≠ impatience, patient; adverb: patiently ≠ impatiently; adjective: patient ≠ impatient]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Latin, present participle of pati 'to suffer']
able to wait calmly for a long time or to accept difficulties, people’s annoying behaviour etc without becoming angry Antonym : impatient:
You’ll just have to be patient and wait till I’m off the phone.
patient with
Louise was very patient with me.
—patiently adverb:
He waited patiently for Katherine to speak.

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patient
adj.
VERBS be, sound | remain
ADV. extremely, incredibly, very | endlessly
PREP. about She's been extremely patient about it all.
with He was endlessly patient with the children.

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patient
noun
ADJ. Aids, cancer, diabetic, heart, etc. | mental, mentally-ill, psychiatric | seriously-ill, terminally-ill | hospital | long-stay | private He only takes private patients.
elderly, older | adult, child
VERB + PATIENT examine, see, treat A GP sees an average of 35 patients every day.
admit The patient was admitted to hospital yesterday.
discharge patients waiting to be discharged from hospital
transfer
PATIENT + VERB develop sth, have sth, suffer from sth The patient has a severe mental condition.
respond (to sth) These patients are responding well to the new drug.
improve
PATIENT + NOUN care
PREP. ~ with patients with liver disease

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patient

a cancer/AIDS etc patient
One in three cancer patients suffers no pain at all.
a heart patient (=one with heart disease)
Some heart patients have to wait between three months and a year for surgery.
a mental/psychiatric patient (=one with problems relating to their mind)
The drug was used in the past to treat mental patients.
a seriously ill/critically ill patient
The ward was packed with seriously ill patients.
a hospital patient
All hospital patients have to follow a daily routine.
treat a patient (=try to cure their illness or injury)
Patients are treated in terms of priority.
see a patient
I stayed in the treatment room while the doctor saw another patient.
examine a patient
Can you please wait outside while the physician examines the patient.
a patient receives treatment/a drug
Twelve of these patients were receiving treatment with a new drug.
a patient responds to treatment (=starts recovering)
Some patients respond quickly and satisfactorily to treatment.
a patient recovers
The treatment succeeded and the patient recovered rapidly.
a patient is admitted (to hospital)
This examination should be done when the patient is admitted to hospital.
a patient is discharged (from hospital) (=allowed to leave it)
The patient was discharged after eight days.

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customer someone who buys goods or services from a shop or company:
Customers were waiting for the shop to open.
The bank is one of our biggest customers.
client someone who pays for a service from a professional person or company:
He has a meeting with one of his clients.
The company buys and sells shares on behalf of their clients
shopper someone who goes to the shops looking for things to buy:
The streets were full of Christmas shoppers.
guest someone who pays to stay in a hotel:
Guests must leave their rooms by 10 am.
patron /ˈpeɪtrən/ formal a customer of a particular shop, restaurant or hotel – usually written on signs:
The notice said ‘Parking for Patrons Only’.
patient someone who is getting medical treatment from a doctor, or in a hospital:
He is a patient of Dr Williams.
consumer anyone who buys goods or uses services – used when considering these people as a group who have particular rights, needs, or behaviour:
Consumers are demanding more environmentally-friendly products.
the rights of the consumer
The law is designed to protect consumers who buy goods on the Internet.
market the number of people who want to buy a product, or the type of people who want to buy it:
The market for organic food is growing all the time.
a magazine aimed at the youth market
clientele /ˌkliːənˈtel $ ˌklaɪənˈtel, ˌkliː-/ formal the type of customers that a particular shop, restaurant etc gets:
The hotel has a very upmarket clientele.
They have a wealthy international clientele.

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