'Inpatient' definitions:
Definition of 'inpatient'
From: WordNet
noun
A patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated [syn: inpatient, inmate] [ant: outpatient]
Definition of 'Inpatient'
From: GCIDE
- Inpatient \In"pa`tient\, n. A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from outpatient. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'inpatient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addressee,
- apoplectic,
- arthritic,
- artist-in-residence,
- case,
- consumptive,
- denizen,
- dweller,
- dyspeptic,
- epileptic,
- habitant,
- house detective,
- incumbent,
- incurable,
- inhabitant,
- inhabiter,
- inmate,
- intern,
- invalid,
- live-in maid,
- locum tenens,
- occupant,
- occupier,
- outpatient,
- patient,
- residencer,
- resident,
- resident physician,
- residentiary,
- resider,
- rheumatic,
- shut-in,
- sick person,
- sojourner,
- spastic,
- sufferer,
- tenant,
- terminal case,
- the sick,
- valetudinarian