Inpatient
adj, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 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 a patient who is residing in the hospital where they are being treated wordnet
- 1 Of treatment, requiring at least one night's residence in a hospital. not-comparable
"the aim of our study is to evaluate, separately, the levels of independence and social functioning in adulthood among individuals diagnosed with ASD in early childhood, taking into account the cultural context and available resources of our country, and based on sociodemographic variables. […] Exclusion criteria included the presence of severe psychiatric disorders in the parent (such as psychosis requiring inpatient treatment, mood disorders in the acute phase, moderate to severe intellectual disability), physical illnesses that would impair communication (e.g., significant hearing or speech impairments), illiteracy, or inability to contact the parent."
- 2 Alternative spelling of impatient. alt-of, alternative
"...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."
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More examples"Kachere Rehabilitation Center is Malawi’s only free inpatient rehabilitation facility and has since 1995 helped hundreds who suffered from injuries such as strokes and spinal cord injuries."
Etymology
From in- (“internal”) + patient.
By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + patient.
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