Inpatient

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  • noun. A patient who is admitted to a hospital or clinic for treatment that requires at least one overnight stay.
  • adjective. Of or relating to inpatients or their care.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A patient who is lodged and fed as well as treated in a hospital or infirmary. See out-patient.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from outpatient.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
  • Word Usage
    "The psychology practicum student will be afforded the opportunity to develop skills in inpatient consultation with a rehabilitation population, including inpatient children and adolescents and their families."
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