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patient | x |

As a noun patient

is patient, someone who receives therapeutic treatment.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

patient

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Content to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
  • Be patient : your friends will arrive in a few hours.
  • Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
  • patient endeavour
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
  • Whatever I have done is due to patient thought.
  • (obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.
  • * Bishop Fell
  • patient of severest toil and hardship

    Synonyms

    * composed

    Antonyms

    * impatient * antsy

    Derived terms

    * patiently

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
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  • (linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
  • One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
  • * Gov. of Tongue
  • Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that often involves the agent and the patient .

    Antonyms

    * agent

    Derived terms

    * inpatient * outpatient * patient role * patient of something

    See also

    * -end

    Anagrams

    * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----