inpatient
See also: impatient and in-patient
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
inpatient (plural inpatients)
- (healthcare) A patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.
Antonyms
Translations
A patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
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Adjective
inpatient (comparative more inpatient, superlative most inpatient)
- (healthcare) Of or related to treating inpatients.
- 1998, Maria Owings, Lola Jean Kozak, Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1996, Issue 139
- For three of the four regions, the number and rate of procedures was higher in inpatient than in ambulatory settings, but in the Midwest the differences between settings were not statistically significant.
- 1998, Maria Owings, Lola Jean Kozak, Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1996, Issue 139
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