inpatient
inpatient noun: a patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient. Also the alternative spelling of impatient.
Noun
inpatient (plural inpatients)
- 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
Adjective
inpatient (not comparable)
- Of treatment, requiring at least one night's residence in a hospital.
- the aim of our study is to evaluate, separately, the levels of independence and social functioning in adulthood among individuals diagnosed with ASD in early childhood, taking into account the cultural context and available resources of our country, and based on sociodemographic variables. […]...2025 August 13, Müjdat Erarkadaş, Kübra Özmeral Erarkadaş, Şahika Gülen Şişmanlar, “Autism Spectrum Disorder Beyond Childhood: A Comprehensive Assessment of Activities of Daily Living and Social...
Also used as
inpatient is also the alternative spelling of impatient.
inpatient meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
inpatient in Hindi
- इनपेशेंट, इनपेशिएंट
inpatient in Tamil
- உள்நோயாளிகள், உள்நோயாளி
inpatient in Bengali
- ইনপেশ্যান্ট
inpatient in Telugu
- ఇన్పేషెంట్
More languagesFewer languages
- inpatient in Malayalam
- ഇൻപേഷ്യന്റ്, ഇൻപേഷ്യൻ്റ്, ഇൻപേഷ്യൻറ്റ്
- inpatient in Kannada
- ಒಳರೋಗಿ, ಒಳರೋಗಿಗಳು
- inpatient in Punjabi
- ਇਨਪੇਸ਼ੀਐਂਟ, ਇਨਪੇਸ਼ੈਂਟ
- inpatient in Gujarati
- ઇનપેશન્ટ, ઇનપેથીન્ટ
- inpatient in Odia
- ଇନପେସିଆଣ୍ଟ
- inpatient in Nepali
- इनपेशिन्ट
- inpatient in Malay
- pesakit dalam
- inpatient in Indonesian
- pasien rawat inap
- inpatient in Thai
- ผู้ป่วยใน
Antonyms of inpatient
Forms of inpatient
| plural | inpatients |
|---|---|
| alternative form | in-patient |
Origin of inpatient
From in- (“internal”) + patient.
By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + patient.
Words formed from inpatient
Questions about inpatient
- What does inpatient mean?
- Inpatient means a patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.
- What is inpatient in Hindi?
- Inpatient in Hindi is इनपेशेंट, इनपेशिएंट. See Inpatient meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inpatient?
- Inpatient can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of inpatient?
- The plural of inpatient is inpatients.
Words near inpatient in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inpatient (page history and authors); inpatient (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inpatient (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inpatient (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inpatient (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inpatient (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inpatient (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inpatient (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inpatient (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inpatient (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inpatient (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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