patients

/pey-shuhnt/US // ˈpeɪ ʃənt //UK // (ˈpeɪʃənt) //

病人,病人的情况,病人的

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- : a person or thing that undergoes some action.
- : Archaic. a sufferer or victim.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like.
- : characterized by or expressing such a quality: a patient smile.
- : quietly and steadily persevering or diligent, especially in detail or exactness: a patient worker.
- : undergoing the action of another.

nounperson being treated for medical problem

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Tribole tells her patients not to change what they eat but how.
The NRA objects to doctors asking patients basic questions about gun ownership.
As I got better, I also got curious about what happened to other patients like me.
On the one hand, patients may not understand that viruses are the cause of most cold symptoms this time of year.
On the other hand, patients may not perceive much downside to taking the medications, even if they may not help much.
I haven't much time for seeing any one, except my patients, and the people I meet in society.
When patients are very nervous, it is well to spray the throat with cocain solution.
They decided that his wishes ought to be followed, and that the patients must be entrusted to old nurse.
I have many patients who came to me originally simply because they dared not face their family doctor.
She has since been repeatedly employed as a nurse to Small-pox patients, without experiencing any ill consequences.