inpatient
noun/ˈɪnˌpeɪʃənt/
Frequency rank: #11,054 most common English word
Meaning
A patient who stays overnight or for several days in a hospital for treatment.
Example sentence
After the surgery, she was kept as inpatient for three days so the doctors could monitor her recovery.
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