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inpatient

noun

Etymology

By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + patient.

  1. derived from *peh₁-✻ — “to hate, hurt”
  2. derived from patiens
  3. derived from pacient
  4. derived from patient
  5. inherited from pacient
  6. prefixed as inpatient — “in + patient”

Definitions

  1. A patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital

    A patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.

    • 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.

  2. Of treatment, requiring at least one night's residence in a hospital.

  3. Alternative spelling of impatient.

    • ...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.

The neighborhood

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