adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of treatment, requiring at least one night's residence in a hospital.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Alternative spelling of impatient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
A patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, healthcare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: outpatient
4
noun
Meaning 4
a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inmate
Antonyms: outpatient
Broader terms: patient
History
Etymology
From in- (“internal”) + patient.
By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + patient.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Polish:
szpitalny
— requiring at least one night's residence in a hospital
Chinese Mandarin:
住院病人
(zhùyuàn bìngrén)
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Finnish:
sairaalapotilas
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Finnish:
sisäpotilas
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
French:
patient hospitalier
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
German:
stationärer Patient
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Greek:
εσωτερικός ασθενής
(esoterikós asthenís)
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Hungarian:
fekvőbeteg
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Hungarian:
bentfekvő
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Indonesian:
pasien rawat inap
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Malay:
pesakit dalam
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Polish:
pacjent hospitalizowany
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Polish:
pacjentka hospitalizowana
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Portuguese:
internado
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Russian:
стациона́рный больно́й
(stacionárnyj bolʹnój)
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Russian:
стациона́рный пацие́нт
(stacionárnyj paciént)
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Serbo-Croatian:
stacionarni pacijent
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Serbo-Croatian:
hospitalizirani pacijent
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Spanish:
paciente hospitalizado
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Spanish:
endopaciente
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Swedish:
sluten
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Swedish:
inlagd
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Swedish:
intagen
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital
Thai:
ผู้ป่วยใน
— patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital