inpatient means of treatment, requiring at least one night's residence in a hospital. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.
Etymology
From in- (“internal”) + patient.
adj
- Of treatment, requiring at least one night's residence in a hospital.“the aim of our study is to evaluate, separately, the levels of independence and social functioning in adulthood among individuals diagnosed with ASD in early childhood, taking into account the cultural context and available resources of our country, and based on sociodemographic variables. […] Exclusion criteria included the presence of severe psychiatric disorders in the parent (such as psychosis”
noun
- A patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.“For three of the four regions, the number and rate of procedures was higher in inpatient than in ambulatory settings, but in the Midwest the differences between settings were not statistically significant.”