Meaning & use
inpatient
A patient who is admitted to a hospital and stays there for treatment or observation.
See it in a sentence
He was kept as an inpatient for two nights after the operation.
The hospital's inpatient ward was completely full during the worst week of flu season.
A note on using this word
Do not confuse with impatient, an adjective meaning unwilling to wait calmly; the two words are spelled and pronounced differently despite looking similar.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
outpatient
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