Word: outpatients
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: out
pa
tients
Definition: Plural of outpatient; a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
Morphemes:
Affix: out-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Toward the outside of, away from
Affix: patient
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: patiens
Language: la
Decoded: patiens
PoS: Participle
Meaning: patient; long-suffering
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.