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/pay"sheuhnt/, n.1. a person who is under medical care or treatment.2. a person or thing that undergoes some action.3. Archaic. a sufferer or victim.adj.4. bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like.5. characterized by or expressing such a quality: a patient smile.6. quietly and steadily persevering or diligent, esp. in detail or exactness: a patient worker.7. undergoing the action of another (opposed to agent).8. patient of,a. having or showing the capacity for endurance: a man patient of distractions.b. susceptible of: This statement is patient of criticism.[1275-1325; ME pacient (adj. and n.) < MF < L patient- (s. of patiens), prp. of pati to undergo, suffer, bear; see -ENT]Syn. 1. invalid. 4. uncomplaining, long-suffering, forbearing, resigned, passive, calm. 5. quiet, serene, unruffled, unexcited, self-possessed, composed. 6. sedulous, assiduous, untiring.Ant. 4. hostile. 5. impatient, agitated.
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