noun
patient
PAY-shuhnt/ˈpeɪʃnt/
A person receiving medical care or treatment.
The patient reclines while the nurse checks his blood pressure.
Etymology
Latin patiens described someone suffering or enduring. Used as a noun, that description came to identify a sick or injured person under treatment: the person experiencing the suffering.
In context
going to be receiving treatment plans from them and you'll be following them out so this just isn't all nursing it's all of us working together to care for this patient
More examples
- The doctor spoke with each patient before lunch.
- Several patients waited for test results.
- She became a patient at the clinic last year.
Forms
patient · patients
Similar words
- client
- Used in some care settings without necessarily implying illness.