outpatient

outpatient — noun

1. a patient who receives medical care at a hospital or clinic and then goes home t

1.名詞C1
釋義

a patient who receives medical care at a hospital or clinic and then goes home the same day instead of sleeping there.

例句

After her eye test, Nora went home as an outpatient.

pattern: as an outpatient

The clinic treats most knee injuries on an outpatient basis.

pattern: on an outpatient basis

同義詞
  • day patient

    mainly British and often used when treatment lasts part of the day but does not require an overnight stay

  • ambulatory patient

    formal medical term that stresses the patient is well enough to walk and not remain admitted

  • clinic patient

    broader and less exact, because a clinic patient is not always contrasted with an inpatient stay

反義詞
  • inpatient

    used when the patient is admitted and stays at least one night

文法句型

be an outpatient

treat someone as an outpatient

on an outpatient basis

用法筆記

Often used after verbs such as 'treat', 'book', or 'see', and in the phrase 'on an outpatient basis'. Distinguish from 'inpatient', which is used when the person stays in the hospital overnight.

常見錯誤

❌My father was an outpatient for three nights.
✅My father was an inpatient for three nights.
💡an outpatient goes home instead of staying overnight.
❌The doctor treated her in outpatient.
✅The doctor treated her as an outpatient.
💡use 'as' before the noun, or say 'on an outpatient basis'.