as in inpatient
a person who goes to a doctor's office or hospital for treatment but who does not spend the night there
—often used before another noun
outpatient surgery It was a minor procedure that could be performed at an outpatient clinic.
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Recent Examples of outpatient
Last season’s flu shot reduced the risk of testing positive for flu during an outpatient visit by 56%.
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Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
More than 1 million patients have been affected by a data breach involving SimonMed Imaging, one of the country's largest outpatient radiology and medical imaging providers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The golden retriever named Duncan joined his owner for a day at work at Animal Imaging, an outpatient diagnostic imaging facility in Texas that offers services for dogs, cats, horses and some exotic animals.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The cost of Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits and outpatient services, is deducted automatically from benefits.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
More than 1 million patients have been affected by a data breach involving SimonMed Imaging, one of the country's largest outpatient radiology and medical imaging providers.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The golden retriever named Duncan joined his owner for a day at work at Animal Imaging, an outpatient diagnostic imaging facility in Texas that offers services for dogs, cats, horses and some exotic animals.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The cost of Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits and outpatient services, is deducted automatically from benefits.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpatient
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Five decades later, Alive Hospice operates two inpatient facilities in Middle Tennessee and provides in-home hospice care, grief counseling, children's camps, education programs and more.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Nov. 2025
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The state-of-the-art facility will have 234 new inpatient rooms once the structure is complete, according to Good Samaritan.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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The tech can interpret brain scans twice as accurately as professionals examining stroke patients, spot more bone fractures than humans can, and detect early signs of more than 1,000 diseases.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Cancer immunotherapy is used to treat many common cancers, including breast, colon and bladder, and doctors want to know if the COVID shot might also help extend survival for those patients.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Outpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpatient. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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