English Dictionary

patient

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpeɪʃənt/

名詞

A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person. / (linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.

日本語の意味

医者などから治療を受ける人や動物、すなわち「患者」を指す。 / 文法上、動詞の作用を受ける名詞または名詞句を示す。

The patient described their symptoms clearly during the consultation.

患者は診察の際に自分の症状をはっきりと説明した。

意味（1）

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

The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.

意味（2）

(linguistics, 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.

意味（3）

One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.

Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient.

patients （ plural ）