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Patients

A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.

📖 Definitions of "Patients"

noun

1
A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
2
(grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
"The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient."
3
One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
longanimous	Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
long-sufferingnoun	Long endurance or patience.
perseveringnoun	perseverance
enduringnoun	endurance
forbearingnoun	forbearance; restraint
diligent	Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.
tolerantnoun	One who or that which tolerates something, especially a biological species.
uncomplaining	Without complaint; patient and tolerant.
unhurried	Not hurried; not rushed.
patient of	showing the capacity for endurance
admissionsnoun	The department, section, administrative team, etc., that process admissions for an institution, hospital, etc.; the place where such a department is located.
annalsnoun	Historical records; chronicles; history.
attendancesnoun	The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.
carenoun	Close attention; concern; responsibility.
casesnoun	An actual event, situation, or fact.
clientsnoun	A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
consumersnoun	(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
convalescencenoun	The period of time spent healing.
customersnoun	A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
diseasesnoun	(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.