Inpatient

n.

1.

A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; - distinguished from outpatient.

Noun

1.

inpatient - a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated Synonyms: inmate Antonyms: outpatient - a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated

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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