doctor-patient relation | (n) the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient |
impatient | (adj) restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition, Ant. patient |
impatient | (adj) (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness, Syn. raring |
impatiently | (adv) with impatience; in an impatient manner, Ant. patiently |
inpatient | (n) a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated, Syn. inmate, Ant. outpatient |
nurse-patient relation | (n) the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient |
outpatient | (n) a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated, Ant. inpatient |
patient | (n) a person who requires medical care |
patient | (adj) enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance, Ant. impatient |
patiently | (adv) with patience; in a patient manner, Ant. impatiently |
physician-patient privilege | (n) the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient |
affected role | (n) the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause, Syn. patient, patient role |
tolerant | (adj) showing the capacity for endurance, Syn. patient of |
Compatient | a. [ L. compatients, p. pr. of compati. See Compassion. ] Suffering or enduring together. [ Obs. ] Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Impatient | a. [ OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im- not + patiens patient. See Patient. ] A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] Fame, impatient of extremes, decays The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Impatient | n. One who is impatient. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Impatiently | adv. In an impatient manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Inpatient | n. A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from |
Omnipatient | a. [ Omni- + patient. ] Capable of enduring all things. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Out-patient | n. |
Overpatient | a. Patient to excess. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Patient | a. [ F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion. ] Patient of severest toil and hardship. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ] Whatever I have done is due to patient thought. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ] Not patient to expect the turns of fate. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ] Be patient toward all men. 1 Thess. v. 14. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Patient | n. Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that it often involves the agent and the patient. Gov. of Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ] Like a physician, . . . seeing his patient in a pestilent fever. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Patient | v. t. To compose, to calm. [ Obs. ] “Patient yourself, madam.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Patiently | adv. In a patient manner. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Unpatient | a. Impatient. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ] |