inpatient

A patient who is admitted to a hospital or clinic for treatment that requires at least one overnight stay.

Of or relating to inpatients or their care.

A patient who is lodged and fed as well as treated in a hospital or infirmary. See out-patient.

A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; — distinguished from outpatient.

A patient whose treatment needs at least one night‘s residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.

a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated