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Meanings
1
Refers to a person held in a prison, detention center, or internment camp.
The number of prison inmates continues to increase.
Detainees are given exercise time once a day.
2
inpatient; resident (of an institution)
Used for a person staying in a hospital, care facility, or similar institution. Less common than 入院患者 for hospital patients.
Many of the inpatients at this hospital are elderly.
The residents of the facility live communally.