inpatient

🇺🇸 /ˈɪnpeɪʃnt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɪnpeɪʃnt/
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noun
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A person who is staying in a hospital for medical treatment.

After the surgery, she became an inpatient for a week.

translation

n. A person who is staying in a hospital for medical treatment.

Word Forms

Plural inpatients