inpatient

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

inpatient
    n 1: a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being
         treated [syn: {inpatient}, {inmate}] [ant: {outpatient}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Inpatient \In"pa`tient\, n.
   A patient who receives lodging and food, as well as
   treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary; -- distinguished
   from {outpatient}.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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