patient: Meaning and Definition of

pa•tient

1. a person who is under medical care or treatment.
2. a person or thing that undergoes some action.
3. a sufferer or victim.

1. bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like.
2. characterized by or expressing such a quality: a patient smile.
3. quietly and steadily persevering or diligent, esp. in detail or exactness: a patient worker.
4. undergoing the action of another (opposed to agent&hasp;).
5. a man patient of distractions.
1. having or showing the capacity for endurance:a man patient of distractions.
2. susceptible of:This statement is patient of criticism.