n. 25B6; adjective
I must ask you to be patient : FORBEARING, uncomplaining, tolerant, resigned, stoical; calm, composed, even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable, accommodating, understanding, indulgent; informal unflappable, cool.
a good deal of patient work : PERSEVERING, persistent, tenacious, indefatigable, dogged, determined, resolved, resolute, single-minded; formal pertinacious.
25B6; noun a doctor's patient : SICK PERSON, case; invalid, convalescent, outpatient, inpatient.