outpatient

or out-pa·tient

[ out-pey-shuhnt ]
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noun
  1. a patient who receives treatment at a hospital, as in an emergency room or clinic, but is not hospitalized.

Origin of outpatient

1
First recorded in 1705–15; out- + patient

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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.

  • The hospital is absolutely free, and the out-patient department exceptionally large.

    Holborn and Bloomsbury | Sir Walter Besant
  • She has an invalid mother dependent on her efforts, and is out-patient herself at one of the London hospitals.

    Women Wage-Earners | Helen Campbell
  • She brought it every morning after that, and I referred proudly to my "out-patient" who made great progress.

    Fanny Goes to War | Pat Beauchamp
  • Carter 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

outpatient

/ (ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃənt) /


noun
  1. a nonresident hospital patient: Compare inpatient

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