Definizione monolingua

outpatient

outpatient (plural outpatients)

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

outpatient (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient.
   • 1991, Proceedings of the Commission on the Future Structure of Veterans Health Care?, page 1174:

     MR. MILLER: It is more outpatient than it is inpatient.

   • 1994 Jun 6, “Huntington Hospital Plans Renovation Project Construction is Expected to be Completed within Two Years”, Fort Wayne News Sentinel:

     The changes are necessary because ""health care is going more outpatient than inpatient,"" Whitacre said.

   • 1998 Aug 23, “Public Health Officer Warns of Risks of Liposuction”, Los Angeles Times:

     It is outpatient and prepaid.

Definizione dizionario outpatient

ambulante

ambulatorio

paziente ambulatoriale

paziente esterno

Altri significati:

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

(medicine) Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient.

patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight