out-patient

out·pa·tient

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


Origin:
1705–15; out- + patient

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outpatient (ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Compare inpatient a nonresident hospital patient

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Out-patient is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Word Origin & History

outpatient
1715 (n.) "person who is treated at a hospital but not admitted," from out + patient (q.v.). The adj. is first recorded 1879.
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outpatient out·pa·tient (out'pā'shənt)
n.
A patient who is admitted to a hospital or clinic for treatment that does not require an overnight stay.

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