whats the prefix nihil mean?
"Patients" doesn't have a prefix. You could add the prefix in- to it to get the word inpatients.
The opposite is impatient.
Yes. Patient is the root word, and an adjective. (As in: "the patient man") "-ence" is the suffix, used to make the noun "patience" ("He showed patience") And "Im-" is the prefix added to negate the noun. ("He showed impatience")
Un- is the negative prefix that can be added onto reliable. In other words it would be unreliable.
whats the prefix nihil mean?
A prefix. (Example: Patient. The prefix is Im-. So, if you add Im- to Patient, you get Impatient.)
"Patients" doesn't have a prefix. You could add the prefix in- to it to get the word inpatients.
"Patients" doesn't have a prefix. You could add the prefix in- to it to get the word inpatients.
The opposite is impatient.
Yes. Patient is the root word, and an adjective. (As in: "the patient man") "-ence" is the suffix, used to make the noun "patience" ("He showed patience") And "Im-" is the prefix added to negate the noun. ("He showed impatience")
Un- is the negative prefix that can be added onto reliable. In other words it would be unreliable.
The prefix "in" means "inside" or "within" in the term "inpatient," which refers to a patient who is admitted to a hospital or other healthcare facility for treatment or care.
The medical prefix for painful is 'dys-' so if the patient was suffering from something such as painful swallowing, it would be known as dysphagia.
Ir- can be a prefix for regular: irregular.
Patient
The prefix which means one hundred is hecto-. An example would be, "When the dentist saw the condition of her teeth, he wondered if she had consumed a hectoliter of soda". In this sentence, the dentist wondered if the patient had consumed a hundred liters of soda.