English-Spanish translations for Patient

• paciente
  La relación médico-paciente es muy especial. The patient-doctor relationship is very specific.
  Para mí, como doctora, solo existe el paciente. For me, as a doctor, there is only the patient.
  A más pacientes informados, más trabajo y mayor esfuerzo. Informed patients mean more work, more effort.

Definition of Patient

• Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting
• Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent
• Physically able to suffer or bear
• A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person
• The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action
• One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient

Examples

• Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.
• patient endeavour
• The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient

Related words

• patient
• impatient
• impatiently
• outpatient
• patiently
• patients
• inpatient
• daypatient
• patient safety
• patient injury