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See also: impatient and in-patient
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]inpatient (plural inpatients)
- (healthcare) A patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.
- 1998, Maria Owings, Lola Jean Kozak, Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1996, Issue 139[1]:
- 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.
- Alternative spelling of impatient
- 1668, Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World[2]:
- ...she told her, That she had an extreme desire to converse with the soul of her Noble Lord and dear Husband, and that she was inpatient of a longer stay.
Antonyms
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[edit]patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
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