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outpatient

out·pa·tient
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [out-pey-shuh nt]
    • /ˈaʊtˌpeɪ ʃənt/
    • /ˈaʊt.peɪ.ʃənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [out-pey-shuh nt]
    • /ˈaʊtˌpeɪ ʃənt/

Definitions of outpatient word

  • noun outpatient a patient who receives treatment at a hospital, as in an emergency room or clinic, but is not hospitalized. 1
  • noun outpatient A patient who receives medical treatment without being admitted to a hospital. 1
  • noun outpatient patient not hospitalized overnight 1
  • countable noun outpatient An outpatient is someone who receives treatment at a hospital but does not spend the night there. 0
  • noun outpatient a nonresident hospital patient 0
  • noun outpatient a patient who is treated at a hospital, clinic, etc. and leaves without becoming an inpatient 0

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Origin of outpatient

First appearance:

before 1705
One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1705-15; out- + patient

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Outpatient

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

outpatient popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

outpatient usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for outpatient

noun outpatient

  • casualty — A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
  • case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
  • patient — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
  • inmate — a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
  • subject — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.

Antonyms for outpatient

noun outpatient

  • doctor — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.

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