Definition of "outpatient" []

• A patient who is admitted to a hospital or clinic for treatment that does not require an overnight stay. (noun)

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• "After your child completes the program, our team will see him in outpatient clinic to insure that his progress continues."
• "The fellow participates in outpatient clinics in hematology and oncology one day or two half days a week."
• "In the second year, the fellow spends one day a week in outpatient continuity clinic and laboratory researchers have an option to reduce this to every other week in year three."