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in-patient

in-patient is the alternative spelling of inpatient.

Meaning of inpatient

Noun

inpatient (plural inpatients)

  1. A patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.
    • For three of the four regions, the number and rate of procedures was higher in inpatient than in ambulatory settings, but in the Midwest the differences between settings were not statistically significant.1998, Maria Owings, Lola Jean Kozak, Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1996, Issue 139
    Antonyms:
    outpatient

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Forms of in-patient

pluralin-patients

Questions about in-patient

What is in-patient the alternative spelling of?
In-patient is the alternative spelling of inpatient.

Words near in-patient in the dictionary

  1. in-off
  2. in-office imaging
  3. in-offs
  4. in-order
  5. in-out
  6. in-patient
  7. in-patients
  8. in-person
  9. in-plane switching
  10. in-process
  11. in-processing

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