noun🔗ShareA person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person."The doctor spoke kindly to her patients before giving them their medicine. "medicinepersonanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(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."grammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOne who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient."The patients in the waiting room were all passively waiting for the doctor. "personmedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading