outpatient
outpatient — 名詞
- outpatientsingular
- outpatientsplural
1. a patient who receives medical care at a hospital or clinic and then goes home t
門診病人
到醫院治療但不住院的人
a patient who receives medical care at a hospital or clinic and then goes home the same day instead of sleeping there.
After her eye test, Nora went home as an outpatient.
Nora 做完眼睛檢查後，就以門診病人的身分回家了。
pattern: as an outpatient
The clinic treats most knee injuries on an outpatient basis.
這家診所的大多數膝傷都是以門診方式治療。
pattern: on an outpatient basis
Leo arrived early because the hospital booked him as an outpatient.
Leo 很早就到了，因為醫院替他安排了門診掛號。
pattern: book someone as an outpatient
Many patients are treated as outpatients after simple dental surgery.
許多病人在做完簡單的牙科手術後，都以門診方式接受治療。
Outpatients waited by the pharmacy window for their pain medicine.
門診病人在藥局領藥窗口旁等著拿止痛藥。
plural noun: outpatients
- as an outpatient
- on an outpatient basis
- book someone as an outpatient
- treat outpatients
- outpatient clinic
- day patient
mainly British and often used when treatment lasts part of the day but does not require an overnight stay
- ambulatory patient
formal medical term that stresses the patient is well enough to walk and not remain admitted
- clinic patient
broader and less exact, because a clinic patient is not always contrasted with an inpatient stay
- inpatient
used when the patient is admitted and stays at least one night
文法句型
be an outpatient
treat someone as an outpatient
on an outpatient basis
用法筆記
Often used after verbs such as 'treat', 'book', or 'see', and in the phrase 'on an outpatient basis'. Distinguish from 'inpatient', which is used when the person stays in the hospital overnight.
常見錯誤
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- outpatient clinic
- outpatient surgery
- outpatient visit
- outpatient care
- outpatient department
常用片語
- treat someone as an outpatient
- see outpatients
- return as an outpatient
- be treated on an outpatient basis
介系詞搭配
- as an outpatient
- on an outpatient basis