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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
inpatient en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From in- (“internal”) + patient.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of treatment, requiring at least one night's residence in a hospital.
the aim of our study is to evaluate, separately, the levels of independence and social functioning in adulthood among individuals diagnosed with ASD in early childhood, taking into account the cultural context and available resources of our country, and based on sociodemographic variables. […] Exclusion criteria included the presence of severe psychiatric disorders in the parent (such as psychosis requiring inpatient treatment, mood disorders in the acute phase, moderate to severe intellectual disability), physical illnesses that would impair communication (e.g., significant hearing or speech impairments), illiteracy, or inability to contact the parent.
2025 August 13, Müjdat Erarkadaş, Kübra Özmeral Erarkadaş, Şahika Gülen Şişmanlar, “Autism Spectrum Disorder Beyond Childhood: A Comprehensive Assessment of Activities of Daily Living and Social Functioning in Turkish Adults.”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:
Forms
Translations (1)
pl szpitalny (requiring at least one night's residence in a hospital)
inpatient en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From in- (“internal”) + patient.
Meanings
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A patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.
For three of the four regions, the number and rate of procedures was higher in inpatient than in ambulatory settings, but in the Midwest the differences between settings were not statistically significant.
1998, Maria Owings, Lola Jean Kozak, Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1996, Issue 139:
Forms
Antonyms
outpatient
Deriveds
noninpatient
Translations (23)
th ผู้ป่วยใน (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · es paciente hospitalizado/internado/interno (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · pt internado (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · pl pacjentka hospitalizowana (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · hu bentfekvő (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · hu fekvőbeteg (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · sh stacionarni pacijent (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · el εσωτερικός ασθενής (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · es endopaciente (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · sv sluten (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · sh hospitalizirani pacijent (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · fi sisäpotilas (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · id pasien rawat inap (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · fr patient hospitalier (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · sv intagen (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · ru стациона́рный пацие́нт (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · de stationärer Patient (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · fi sairaalapotilas (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · pl pacjent hospitalizowany (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · ru стациона́рный больно́й (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · ms pesakit dalam (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · sv inlagd (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital) · cmn 住院病人 (patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital)
inpatient en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + patient.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of impatient.
...she told her, That she had an extreme desire to converse with the soul of her Noble Lord and dear Husband, and that she was inpatient of a longer stay.
1668, Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World: