outpatientnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈaʊt.peɪ.ʃənt/us/ˈaʊt.peɪ.ʃənt/a person who goes to a hospital for treatment, but who does not stay any nights there:
an outpatient clinic
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medical treatment: people who receive medical treatment
- admission
- asthmatic
- case
- casualty
- convalescent
- day patient
- donor
- dying
- epileptic
- geriatric
- injured
- inpatient
- invalid 1
- patient
- PWA
- sick
- sufferer
- under
- victim
- wounded