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noun a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English patient English outpatient From out- + patient.
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