rehabilitant

noun

Definition of rehabilitantnext
as in patient

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  1. patient
  2. outpatient
  3. inpatient
Noun
  • The study of a patient’s urine was an extremely popular practice in the Middle Ages, even though doctors could tell precious little about what was ailing someone just by looking at a sample in a jar.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Between 60% and 70% of new Ebola cases are being detected among people who were not already being monitored as contacts, meaning health workers may only discover infections after patients become sick and have had opportunities to expose others.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of patient
Noun
  • According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, the process involves hormone medications to stimulate egg development, monitoring through bloodwork and ultrasounds and an outpatient egg-retrieval procedure.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Following the hormone injections, an outpatient procedure is performed to retrieve the eggs from the ovaries.
    — Isabel Danzis, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of outpatient
Noun
  • Goodheart said in her testimony that sleep deprivation -- one of the major reasons Clancy opted for inpatient treatment -- could contribute to a manic episode.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Across the health sector, 487,000 children and women accessed primary health care services, and 11,019 small and sick newborns received specialized inpatient newborn care.
    — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of inpatient
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“Rehabilitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehabilitant. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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