outpatient
or out-pa·tient
a patient who receives treatment at a hospital, as in an emergency room or clinic, but is not hospitalized.
Origin of outpatient
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How to use outpatient in a sentence
They went to sober living and out-patient, they hung out with me for months.
'Celebrity Rehab' Counselor: Mindy McCready Won't Be the Last | Maer Roshan | February 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe hospital is absolutely free, and the out-patient department exceptionally large.
Holborn and Bloomsbury | Sir Walter BesantShe has an invalid mother dependent on her efforts, and is out-patient herself at one of the London hospitals.
Women Wage-Earners | Helen CampbellShe brought it every morning after that, and I referred proudly to my "out-patient" who made great progress.
Fanny Goes to War | Pat BeauchampCarter has been here, and he happened to mention that they're opening an out-patient department of the hospital, in the City Road.
New Grub Street | George Gissing
We have found the following method satisfactory in out-patient practice.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
British Dictionary definitions for outpatient
/ (ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃənt) /
a nonresident hospital patient: Compare inpatient
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