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Inpatient vs. Impatient

Inpatient and Impatient Definitions

Inpatient

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

Impatient

Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless.

Inpatient

Of or relating to inpatients or their care.

Impatient

Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant
Impatient of criticism.

Inpatient

(healthcare) A patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.

Impatient

Expressing or produced by impatience
An impatient scowl.
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Inpatient

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

Impatient

Restively eager or desirous; anxious
Impatient to begin.

Inpatient

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

Impatient

Restless and intolerant of delays.

Impatient

Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.

Impatient

(obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
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Impatient

Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
Impatient speeches or replies

Impatient

Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; - often followed by at, for, of, and under.
A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity.
Fame, impatient of extremes, decaysNot more by envy than excess of praise.
The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.
Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty.

Impatient

Not to be borne; unendurable.

Impatient

Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies.

Impatient

One who is impatient.

Impatient

Restless or short of temper under delay or opposition;
Impatient with the slower students
Impatient of criticism
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Impatient

(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness;
Impatient to begin
Raring to go

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