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patient
 
Adjective patient has 2 senses
  1. patient - enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient"
    Antonyms:     impatient, intolerant of, impatient of, short, unforbearing, restive
  2. patient - enduring without protest or complaint
    Antonyms:     complaining, complaintive (indirect, via uncomplaining)
Noun patient has 2 senses
  1. patient - a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"
    --1 is a kind of     case; sick person, diseased person, sufferer
    --1 is a member of doctor-patient relation; nurse-patient relation
    --1 has particulars:
     alexic; analysand; hypochondriac; index case; inpatient, inmate; outpatient; vaccinee
  2. affected role, patient role, patient - 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
    --2 is a kind of semantic role, participant role
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