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in-patient

noun

in-patient is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of inpatient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-P-A-T-I-E-N-T. The plural of in-patient is in-patients.

What does in-patient mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of inpatient.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of in-patient

  • in-patients plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with in-patient

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

Also written: inpatient (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).