From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inpatient \In"pa'tient\, noun A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished from {outpatient}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated [syn: {inmate}] [ant: {outpatient}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "inpatient": addressee, apoplectic, arthritic, artist-in-residence, case, consumptive, denizen, dweller, dyspeptic, epileptic, habitant, house detective, incumbent, incurable, inhabitant, inhabiter, inmate, intern, invalid, live-in maid, locum tenens, occupant, occupier, outpatient, patient, residencer, resident, resident physician, residentiary, resider, rheumatic, shut-in, sick person, sojourner, spastic, sufferer, tenant, terminal case, the sick, valetudinarian
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