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daycase

noun

Etymology

From day + case.

  1. derived from cāsus — “a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”
  2. derived from cas — “an event”
  3. inherited from cas
  4. compounded as daycase — “day + case”

Definitions

  1. A patient who is admitted to the hospital for a diagnostic test with the intention of…

    A patient who is admitted to the hospital for a diagnostic test with the intention of being discharged on the same day.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA