patient vs impatient
Definitions
noun
- a person who requires medical care
- the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
adjective
- enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance
Examples
Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
It may be a little early but I was just wondering if you could characterize the impact of the label amendment in terms of the new patient starts in to the new year?
Back in the mid-1980s, for example, knee replacement surgery was considered a success if the patient wound up with 90 degrees of flexion, which is "nothing near normal," he says.
Definitions
adjective
- (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness
- restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
Examples
A couple of years ago some of the players might have got a bit more impatient.
I longed to get a steady rhythm going and muttered impatiently that we had a mountain to climb.
Astor could ignore someone beside him mouthing words without sound and muttering impatiently whenever he had to rewind the tape.
