One in three cancer patients suffers no pain at all.
a heart patient (=one with heart disease)
Some heart patients have to wait between three months and a year for surgery.
a mental/psychiatric patient (=one with problems relating to their mind)
The drug was used in the past to treat mental patients.
a seriously ill/critically ill patient
The ward was packed with seriously ill patients.
a hospital patient
All hospital patients have to follow a daily routine.
verbs
treat a patient (=try to cure their illness or injury)
Patients are treated in terms of priority.
see a patient
I stayed in the treatment room while the doctor saw another patient.
examine a patient
Can you please wait outside while the physician examines the patient.
a patient receives treatment/a drug
Twelve of these patients were receiving treatment with a new drug.
a patient responds to treatment (=starts recovering)
Some patients respond quickly and satisfactorily to treatment.
a patient recovers
The treatment succeeded and the patient recovered rapidly.
a patient is admitted (to hospital)
This examination should be done when the patient is admitted to hospital.
a patient is discharged (from hospital) (=allowed to leave it)
The patient was discharged after eight days.
Examples from the Corpus
patient• St Dominic's Hospital treats about 10,000 patients a year.• He gave a half million pounddonation towards the care of AIDspatients.• In all five patients under 50 creatinine values returned to normal.• Other patients had externalhaemorrhoids, though less serious.• Clinicaltrials show that some patients with breastcancer do better if they take the drug for five years after surgery.• One out of every seven plastic surgery patients is a man.• A comprehensivereview of the patient can be achieved through the use of the care plan.• The patients also are examined, and undergolaboratorytests, based on their complaints.• San Mateo County officials already are looking into the prospects for their patients.• Although these patients usually have astonishingly good morale and fighting spirit, everything humanely possible should be done to keep it up.• The outcome of these patients is uncertain and the advisability of restorative proctocolectomy is, therefore, controversial.
You’ll just have to be patient and wait till I’m off the phone.
你只能耐心点,等我打完电话。
patient with
Louise was very patient with me.
路易丝对我很有耐心。
—patientlyadverbadv
He waited patiently for Katherine to speak.
他耐心地等凯瑟琳开口讲话。
Examples from the Corpus
patient• I'm sure she'll write soon. Just try to be patient.• The audience waited patiently for the show to begin.• She takes the time to be more patient and is in less of a hurry.• In the box office, which is occupied by two women with patientsmiles, they blame the trains.• The long and patientstruggle to achieve equal rights will continue.• Halle was patient, waiting for the boy to finish his explanation.
be patient• The best approach is to be patient and philosophical.• These are patients cut off from their capacity to feel, presumably to protect themselves from emotionalpain.• The people are patient, too patient, but a day will come when the sufferings of the proletariat will become unbearable.• But the user must be patient when learning the ins and outs of an expansioncard.• More difficult would be patients with a deepseatedpsychological problem which would require more than three months' treatment.• I would be patient with my animal companion, show him what a sweet-temperedmistress I could be.• You had to be patient with the stupidities of power, with the fraudulence of business.• He would be patient with this young priest.
Originpatient2
(1300-1400)FrenchLatin, present participle of pati“to suffer”