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for inpatient
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
inpatient
n 1: a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being
treated [syn: inpatient, inmate] [ant: outpatient]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "inpatient":
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
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