outpatient
noun
a patient who receives treatment at a hospital, as in an emergency room or clinic, but is not hospitalized.
outpatients
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pluralof outpatient.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The narrowly passed ballot measure seeks to build facilities with beds for 10,000 patients and provide four times that many outpatients treatment slots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
Kaiser Permanente Southern California is continuing to observe rising cases, mostly among outpatients, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2024
Chua and colleagues recently published findings about trends in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in outpatients under age 65, suggesting about 25% were inappropriate.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
But local counties said the new spending requirements would result in a loss of more than $1 billion, which could be detrimental to existing programs such as mental health outpatients, crisis, recovery and peer-supported services.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
The majority of my friends in there didn’t last, and out of the few that were still with me when I left even fewer survived as outpatients.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
