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patient
noun
a
person
who
is
receiving
medical
care
or
treatment
from
a
doctor
,
nurse
,
or
hospital
β’
The
patient
thanked
the
nurse
for
her
kindness
.
The
patient
thanked
the
nurse
for
her
kindness
.
β’
Each
patient
must
fill
out
a
health
questionnaire
before
the
appointment
.
Each
patient
must
fill
out
a
health
questionnaire
before
the
appointment
.
From
Middle
French
β
patient
β,
from
Latin
β
patiΔns
β
meaning
β
suffering
,
enduring
β.
noun
in
linguistics
,
the
person
or
thing
that
is
affected
by
the
action
expressed
by
a
verb
β’
In
the
sentence
β
The
cake
was
eaten
by
Sam
,β β
the
cake
β
is
the
patient
.
In
the
sentence
β
The
cake
was
eaten
by
Sam
,β β
the
cake
β
is
the
patient
.
β’
Many
languages
mark
the
patient
with
special
case
endings
.
Many
languages
mark
the
patient
with
special
case
endings
.
Adopted
into
linguistics
in
the
20th
century
,
extending
the
traditional
medical
sense
of
β
patient
β
to
describe
an
entity
that
β
undergoes
β
an
action
.
