outpatient

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.
    — An empty shop at Birmingham New Street station has been converted into an NHS outpatient clinic, to enable patients to have routine blood tests away from hospital.
形容词 adj.
  1. Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient. not-comparable
    — MR. MILLER: It is more outpatient than it is inpatient.

词形变化

outpatients plural

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
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