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patient
  1. A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
  2. (linguistics) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
  3. One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He is currently a patient at the local hospital as he recovers from illness.”
patience
  1. The quality of being patient.
  2. Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US. (card game).
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  4. Examples:
    1. “It was a heavy burden which he has borne with great patience.”
      “Much patience will be required when learning a second language.”
      “Angel had sent Fay outside and was talking to him with such patience that I felt a flush of pride.”
patiency
  1. (obsolete) Patience. [14th-20th c.]
  2. Passivity (as opposed to agency). [from 17th c.]
patientcare
  1. The care of patients; healthcare.
patientness
patiences
  1. plural of patience
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Suddenly the soldier in command stopped in front of patiences chair and laid a heavy hand on her little bare, brown arm.”
      “There was the square of rough cloth in her hand, and the sticky needle, and the thread that would knot in spite of patiences care.”
      “Unfortunately that leaves a whole four minutes of NA NA-ing, which is trying even to the most McCartney-sympathetic of patiences.”
patients
  1. plural of patient
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They may also accept patients on a temporary basis while they are resident in the practice area.”
      “With some precautions and proper management, all patients of kala-azar could be cured with amphotericin B in a rural set-up.”
      “To do otherwise would be to betray the trust that our patients place in us as advocates on their behalf.”
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