Oxford Dictionary English inpatient nounnoun BrE BrE//ˈɪnpeɪʃnt// ; NAmE NAmE//ˈɪnpeɪʃnt// Conventional medicine Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsa person who stays in a hospital while receiving treatment compare outpatient WordfinderhospitalA & E, admit, consultant, doctor, hospital, ICU, inpatient, nurse, operation, ward Oxford Collocations DictionaryInpatient is used before these nouns: care, programme, treatment, … See full entry See related entries: Conventional medicineSee inpatient in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee inpatient in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: inpatient oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com