Patient

7 lettersnouncommon

Updated February 2026

Definition

A person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment. As an adjective, it means able to accept delays or suffering without becoming annoyed.

“The patient waited calmly in the surgery for the doctor to call her name.”

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Contains three vowels A, I, E with common consonants P, T, N, T

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Worth 9 points; good distribution with valuable P for strategic placement

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