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pacient
patient (a person receiving medical care) /pa.t͡ʃiˈent/
noun#1217 most common
Also: patient (adjective: one who bears discomfort calmly)
Example sentences
Pacientul așteaptă la doctor.
The patient is waiting at the doctor's.
Medicul examinează pacientul cu atenție.
The doctor examines the patient carefully.
Pacienta a primit rezultatele analizelor ieri.
The (female) patient got her test results yesterday.
Spitalul a internat mai mulți pacienți în urma accidentului.
The hospital admitted several patients after the accident.
Medicii trebuie să explice pacienților riscurile fiecărei proceduri.
Doctors must explain the risks of each procedure to the patients.
Deși prognosticul era incert, pacientul a dat dovadă de o răbdare remarcabilă pe parcursul tratamentului.
Although the prognosis was uncertain, the patient showed remarkable patience throughout the treatment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pacient | pacienți |
| Genitive | pacientului | pacienților |
| Accusative | pacientul | pacienții |
| Vocative | pacientule | pacienților |
Word family
Etymology
Pacient entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of the wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language. It traces to Latin patientem, the present participle of pati, meaning to suffer or endure. The same Latin root gave French patient and English patient, all carrying the double sense of someone who endures treatment and someone who endures calmly.
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