outpatient
noun
- patient receiving care without an overnight stay
adjective
- pertaining to care for outpatients
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃ(ə)nt/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English patient English outpatient From out- + patient.
- Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient.
“MR. MILLER: It is more outpatient than it is inpatient.”
“The changes are necessary because "health care is going more outpatient than inpatient," Whitacre said.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English patient English outpatient From out- + patient.
- 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.”