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
Those facilities tend to be cheaper to run than inpatient hospitals, and patients increasingly choose them, or are nudged by their insurance to do so.
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Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
Payal Beam, vice president of Rady’s Mental, Behavioral & Developmental Services Institute, said the expansion originally called for 60 inpatient beds, but that number was reduced in favor of more outpatient capacity.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
His medical team said Friday that Wolfe is ready to transition from acute care to inpatient rehabilitation based on his recent improvements.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
However, children ages 12 and under, including siblings and other relatives, will not be allowed to visit inpatient hospital floors or observation units.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 6 Dec. 2025
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Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
Payal Beam, vice president of Rady’s Mental, Behavioral & Developmental Services Institute, said the expansion originally called for 60 inpatient beds, but that number was reduced in favor of more outpatient capacity.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
His medical team said Friday that Wolfe is ready to transition from acute care to inpatient rehabilitation based on his recent improvements.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
However, children ages 12 and under, including siblings and other relatives, will not be allowed to visit inpatient hospital floors or observation units.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 6 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inpatient
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At the new Reading Road location, set to open this summer, the nonprofit will continue to provide residential and outpatient treatments, but in a space that matches its intention to create a homey, warm atmosphere, the center's president and CEO JB Boothe said.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Jan. 2026
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After stopping outpatient therapy with the organization in January 2024, Wilt worked with in-home therapists.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
30 Jan. 2026
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Despite current limitations, these results could open the door to new therapeutic options to improve the clinical outcome of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in the not-too-distant future.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Some health experts say retatrutide, which works by targeting three gut hormones rather than one or two, can reach patients with severe obesity who would benefit from even more weight loss than what existing injections can offer.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Inpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inpatient. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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