as in outpatient
a person who stays for one or more nights in a hospital for medical treatment
—often used before another noun
inpatient surgery It was inpatient treatment that required a lengthy hospital stay.
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Recent Examples of inpatient
Both inpatient children and outpatient children joined the first lady in the Bunny Mellon Healing Garden to place rocks, pinwheels and American flags among the plants and flowers.
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025
About 6,800 veterans sought inpatient care, with more than 648,000 receiving outpatient service.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
The southern San Joaquin Valley (Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings and Tulare counties) has the greatest need for more adult inpatient mental health beds, according to an estimate by the RAND think tank.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
The number of inpatient beds for people with a serious mental illness nationwide has plummeted.
—CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025
About 6,800 veterans sought inpatient care, with more than 648,000 receiving outpatient service.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
The southern San Joaquin Valley (Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings and Tulare counties) has the greatest need for more adult inpatient mental health beds, according to an estimate by the RAND think tank.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
The number of inpatient beds for people with a serious mental illness nationwide has plummeted.
—CBS News, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inpatient
Noun
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In both clinics, more than 700 pregnant and breastfeeding women and nearly 500 children with severe and moderate malnutrition are enrolled in outpatient therapeutic feeding centers, according to the group.—
ByMary Kekatos,
ABC News,
13 July 2025
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Brendan Ramirez, the CEO of Pan American Behavioral Health, which provides mental health and substance abuse screenings and other outpatient services, said the bill’s new work requirements for Medicaid will cause those already on the medical-assistance program to suffer.—
Kairi Lowery,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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These patients learning to tee it up have often transitioned from an acute-care hospital but aren’t yet ready to return home.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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There, loyal robots examine the patient and, by exposing him to sunlight, begin to heal him.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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“Inpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inpatient. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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