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noun a person who requires medical care
noun 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
adjective enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
originFrom Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).
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