outpatient
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outpatient
- /ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃ(ə)nt/
noun outpatients
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A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.
An empty shop at Birmingham New Street station has been converted into an NHS outpatient clinic, to enable patients to have routine blood tests away from hospital.
Opposite: inpatient
adjective
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Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient.
MR. MILLER: It is more outpatient than it is inpatient.
Similar: ambulatory · Opposite: inpatient
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: clinical, clinic, surgery, pestilence, external, out-patient, in-patient, outside, outer, walk-in, ambulatory, consultation, ambulant, nonresident, extramural, same-day
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noun patient
| Español | paciente ambulatorio/externo, paciente ambulatoria, exopaciente, ectopaciente |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 門診病人 /门诊病人 ménzhěn bìngrén |
| Português | paciente ambulatorial |
| Français | patient ambulatoire |
| Deutsch | ambulanter Patient |
| Ελληνικά | εξωτερικός ασθενής exoterikós asthenís |
| Русский | амбулато́рный больно́й ambulatórnyj bolʹnój, амбулато́рный пацие́нт ambulatórnyj paciént |
adj provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient
| Français | ambulatoire |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | ambulant |
| Русский | амбулато́рный ambulatórnyj |
Talk about this word "outpatient." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/outpatient. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. outpatient. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/outpatient "outpatient." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/outpatient.Cite this
@misc{outpatient_2026,
title = {outpatient},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outpatient},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
