outpatientn.

Brit.

/ˈaʊtpeɪʃnt/, U.S.

/ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃ(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, patient n.

Etymology: < out- prefix + patient n. Compare inpatient n.

1. A patient who is treated at a hospital without being admitted overnight. Frequently attributive. Cf. inpatient n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > patient > [noun] > out-patient

outpatient1715

out1933

1715 R. Nelson Addr. Persons of Quality 208 Above a hundred Persons under Cure, besides the Out-Patients, who are provided with Physick.

1767 W. Mawhood Diary 30 Jan. in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1956) 50 25 Mrs. Arnold recommends Mrs. Simister for an out Patient in St. Bartholomew's Hospitall.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 488 Out-patients continue to be received every Sunday and Wednesday morning.

1839 J. Hope Treat. Dis. Heart (ed. 3) p. vii Out of upwards of 15,000 hospital in- and out-patients, whom I have treated.., about seven per cent...have laboured under organic disease of the heart.

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 59 A fortnight's..out-patient treatment.

1908 Lancet 12 Sept. 813/2 Dr. W. C. S. Clapham..had many suspected mental cases sent to his out-patient department.

1982 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 389 An old woman with a stick waiting out the later afternoons in those outpatient rooms.

1996 A. Jones All she Wanted ii. xviii. 83 A mental health clinician..would later see Teena as an outpatient.

2. In plural. Usually with capital initial. A hospital department serving outpatients.

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the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital department > specific department

ambulatorium1834

emergency room1886

emergency department1889

recovery room1894

accident and emergency1898

outpatients1910

X-ray1916

casualty1927

abortorium1933

out1933

ER1955

A and E1966

emerg1978

1910 Practitioner July 87 After death..she was recognised as the woman who had previously attended at out-patients.

1968 ‘L. Black’ Outbreak i. 8 There's a smallpox suspect in the Outpatients at St. Swithin's.

1986 Punch 16 July 29/3 I tried winegums with lunch but passed out in Out-Patients.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	outpatient
释义	outpatientn. Brit. /ˈaʊtpeɪʃnt/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃ(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, patient n. Etymology: < out- prefix + patient n. Compare inpatient n. 1. A patient who is treated at a hospital without being admitted overnight. Frequently attributive. Cf. inpatient n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > patient > [noun] > out-patient outpatient1715 out1933 1715 R. Nelson Addr. Persons of Quality 208 Above a hundred Persons under Cure, besides the Out-Patients, who are provided with Physick. 1767 W. Mawhood Diary 30 Jan. in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1956) 50 25 Mrs. Arnold recommends Mrs. Simister for an out Patient in St. Bartholomew's Hospitall. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 488 Out-patients continue to be received every Sunday and Wednesday morning. 1839 J. Hope Treat. Dis. Heart (ed. 3) p. vii Out of upwards of 15,000 hospital in- and out-patients, whom I have treated.., about seven per cent...have laboured under organic disease of the heart. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 59 A fortnight's..out-patient treatment. 1908 Lancet 12 Sept. 813/2 Dr. W. C. S. Clapham..had many suspected mental cases sent to his out-patient department. 1982 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 389 An old woman with a stick waiting out the later afternoons in those outpatient rooms. 1996 A. Jones All she Wanted ii. xviii. 83 A mental health clinician..would later see Teena as an outpatient. 2. In plural. Usually with capital initial. A hospital department serving outpatients. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > hospital department > specific department ambulatorium1834 emergency room1886 emergency department1889 recovery room1894 accident and emergency1898 outpatients1910 X-ray1916 casualty1927 abortorium1933 out1933 ER1955 A and E1966 emerg1978 1910 Practitioner July 87 After death..she was recognised as the woman who had previously attended at out-patients. 1968 ‘L. Black’ Outbreak i. 8 There's a smallpox suspect in the Outpatients at St. Swithin's. 1986 Punch 16 July 29/3 I tried winegums with lunch but passed out in Out-Patients. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1715
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