inpatientnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.peɪ.ʃənt/us/ˈɪn.peɪ.ʃənt/a person who goes into hospital to receive medical care, and stays there one or more nights while they are being treated
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medical treatment: people who receive medical treatment
- admission
- asthmatic
- case
- casualty
- convalescent
- day patient
- donor
- dying
- epileptic
- geriatric
- injured
- invalid 1
- outpatient
- patient
- PWA
- sick
- sufferer
- under
- victim
- wounded