Patient

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

   “Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.”

2. sıfat Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.

   “patient endeavour”

3. sıfat Physically able to suffer or bear.

   “To this outward structure was joined that strength of constitution, patient of severest toil and hardship; insomuch that for the most part of his life, in the fiercest extremity of cold, he took no other advantage of a fire, than at the greatest distance that he could, to look upon it.”

4. isim A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.

   “Hello, is your practice currently accepting new patients? I'd like to become a patient there if so.”

5. isim The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.

   “The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.”

6. isim One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

   “Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient.”

7. özel isim A surname.