inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt 
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
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After the meeting, she was admitted to an inpatient center for traumatic brain injury.
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CBS News, 22 May 2025
That process, Ivey said, can be as straightforward arranging a prescription refill or as complex as setting up inpatient treatment.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025
Colorado once again has psychiatric beds available west of the Front Range after Vail Health opened a new inpatient facility last week.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
Habeas has been the vehicle for challenging interference with child custodial rights, involuntary commitment to inpatient treatment or psychiatric care, military induction, restrictive conditions of pretrial release, probation or parole, and banishment from tribal lands, to name a few examples.
—Andrea Seielstad, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
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CBS News, 22 May 2025
That process, Ivey said, can be as straightforward arranging a prescription refill or as complex as setting up inpatient treatment.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025
Colorado once again has psychiatric beds available west of the Front Range after Vail Health opened a new inpatient facility last week.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
Habeas has been the vehicle for challenging interference with child custodial rights, involuntary commitment to inpatient treatment or psychiatric care, military induction, restrictive conditions of pretrial release, probation or parole, and banishment from tribal lands, to name a few examples.
—Andrea Seielstad, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Inpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inpatient. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
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inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
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