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paziente

patient

noun pah-tsee-EHN-teh Less Common

Origin: from Latin patiens 'suffering'

Usage Note

Paziente is both a noun for someone under medical care and an adjective meaning patient (tolerant). As an adjective it is invariable in gender: un uomo paziente, una donna paziente. The noun plural is pazienti.

Examples

"Il medico visita il paziente."

Natural Translation

The doctor examines the patient.

Literal Translation

The doctor visits the patient.

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