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单词 up-patient
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up-patientn.

Brit. /ˈʌpˌpeɪʃnt/, U.S. /ˈəpˌpeɪʃənt/
Etymology: up adj.; compare up adv.2 7a.
An in-patient in hospital no longer confined to bed.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > needing conveyance > not
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up-patient1952
1952 ‘R. Gordon’ Doctor in House xi. 119 Two up-patients, dressing-gowned old gentlemen.
1959 Manch. Guardian 19 Aug. 5/6 Topham is an up-patient... We started him with a couple of hours up each morning.
1976 J. Grenfell Joyce Grenfell requests Pleasure (1977) xi. 163 Up-patients sat on the grass on grey army blankets.
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