inpatient

English

noun
Definitions
  • (healthcare) A patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.

Etymology

Compound from English in (not, used to form chemical names of proteins, in, negative, compound-forming suffix, inch, neutral chemical compound, etc) + English patient.

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patient

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