patient

1. Enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance (synset 301739985)
   "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient"
   also:

   • uncomplaining - not complaining
   • tolerant - showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others
   similar to:

   • diligent, persevering - quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
   • enduring, long-suffering - patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble
   • forbearing, longanimous - showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment
   • patient of, tolerant - showing the capacity for endurance
   • unhurried - capable of accepting delay with equanimity

1. A person who requires medical care (synset 110425439)
   "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
   is a type of:

   • case - a person requiring professional services
   • diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
   subtypes:

   • alexic - a person with alexia
   • analysand - a person undergoing psychoanalysis
   • arthritic - a person afflicted with arthritis
   • hypertensive - a person who has abnormally high blood pressure
   • hypochondriac - a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
   • hypotensive - a person who has abnormally low blood pressure
   • index case - the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study
   • inmate, inpatient - a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
   • outpatient - a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
   • vaccinee - a patient who has been vaccinated
   belongs to:

   • doctor-patient relation - the responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patient
   • nurse-patient relation - the responsibility of a nurse to act in the best interests of the patient
2. 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 (synset 106343129)
   is a type of: participant role, semantic role - (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
   same as: affected role, patient role

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