nonhospitalized

adjective

non·​hos·​pi·​tal·​ized ˌnän-ˈhä-(ˌ)spi-tə-ˌlīzd How to pronounce nonhospitalized (audio)
: not hospitalized
nonhospitalized patients

Examples of nonhospitalized in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Her group analyzed data on only nonhospitalized individuals and found the same gap. Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 21 Mar. 2023 Biden administration officials have told Congress that the government’s supply of the Eli Lilly & Co. therapy, the only antibody drug for treating nonhospitalized patients that was found to work against Omicron, could run out if pandemic funding isn’t renewed. Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 29 June 2022 The research, based on records of patients in the Department of Veterans Affairs health system, also found that nonhospitalized Covid survivors had a 20 percent greater chance of needing outpatient medical care over those six months than people who had not contracted the coronavirus. New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021 Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are studying a polyclonal antibody therapy to treat nonhospitalized people with early COVID-19 as part of a national effort to keep patients with the virus out of the hospital. Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2022 The pills are only available for nonhospitalized patients at high risk of developing severe covid, for the disabled and for older Americans. Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online, 17 Apr. 2022 The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the drug, bebtelovimab, for the treatment of mild to moderate Covid-19 in nonhospitalized individuals 12 and older who are at high risk of getting severely sick. Peter Loftus, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022 The drug requires three consecutive IV infusions over three days, when used for nonhospitalized patients. CBS News, 25 Jan. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nonhospitalized was in 1904

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“Nonhospitalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonhospitalized. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

Medical Definition

nonhospitalized

adjective
non·​hos·​pi·​tal·​ized
variants or chiefly British nonhospitalised
: not hospitalized
nonhospitalized patients
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