Standard Lemma guide

outpatient

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃ(ə)nt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AW1 T P EY2 SH AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: government, healthcare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: inpatient

2

noun

Meaning 2

A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, healthcare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: inpatient

3

noun

Meaning 3

a patient who does not reside 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: none provided

Antonyms: inpatient

Broader terms: patient

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English patient English outpatient From out- + patient.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: амбулато́рны (ambulatórny) — provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient
  • Czech: ambulantní — provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient
  • French: ambulatoire — provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient
  • German: ambulant — provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient
  • Polish: ambulatoryjny — provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient
  • Russian: амбулато́рный (ambulatórnyj) — provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient
  • Ukrainian: амбулато́рний (ambulatórnyj) — provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient
  • Chinese Mandarin: 門診病人 /门诊病人 (ménzhěn bìngrén) — patient
  • Dutch: poliklinische patiënt — patient
  • Finnish: poliklinikkapotilas — patient
  • Finnish: avohoidon potilas — patient
  • Finnish: avohoitopotilas — patient
  • French: patient ambulatoire — patient
  • German: ambulanter Patient — patient
  • Greek: εξωτερικός ασθενής (exoterikós asthenís) — patient
  • Hungarian: járóbeteg — patient
  • Hungarian: ambuláns beteg — patient
  • Indonesian: pasien rawat jalan — patient
  • Kazakh: емханалық науқас (emxanalyq nauqas) — patient
  • Malay: pesakit luar — patient
  • Polish: pacjent leczony ambulatoryjnie — patient
  • Polish: pacjentka leczona ambulatoryjnie — patient
  • Portuguese: paciente ambulatorial — patient
  • Russian: амбулато́рный больно́й (ambulatórnyj bolʹnój) — patient
  • Russian: амбулато́рный пацие́нт (ambulatórnyj paciént) — patient
  • Serbo-Croatian: амбулантни пацијент — patient
  • Serbo-Croatian: ambulantni pacijent — patient
  • Spanish: paciente ambulatorio — patient
  • Spanish: paciente ambulatoria — patient
  • Spanish: exopaciente — patient
  • Spanish: ectopaciente — patient
  • Thai: ผู้ป่วยนอก — patient
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