Dictionary  pa•tientPronunciation: (pā'shunt), [key] —n. 1. a person who is under medical care or treatment. 2. a person or thing that undergoes some action. 3. Archaic. a sufferer or victim. —adj. 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). 5. patient of, a. having or showing the capacity for endurance: a man patient of distractions. b. susceptible of: This statement is patient of criticism. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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