About The Word Hospital
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Hospital
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What's The Definition Of Hospital?
[n] a health facility where patients receive treatment
[n] a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care Synonyms | Synonyms for Hospital: infirmary Related Terms | Find terms related to Hospital: asylum | base hospital | clinic | community hospital | convalescent home | convalescent hospital | dispensary | evacuation hospital | field hospital | general hospital | home | infirmary | inpatient clinic | maison de sante | mental hospital | nursing home | osteopathic hospital | outpatient clinic | policlinic | polyclinic | private hospital | proprietary hospital | public hospital | rest home | sanatorium | sanitarium | sick bay | sickbed | sickroom | special hospital | station hospital | surgical hospital | teaching hospital | VA hospital | veterans hospital | voluntary hospital | ward | well-baby clinic See Also | asylum | burn center | clinic | coronary care unit | creche | foundling hospital | health facility | hospital room | hospital ward | ICU | insane asylum | institution | intensive care unit | lazar house | lazaret | lazarette | lazaretto | medical building | medical institution | mental home | mental hospital | mental institution | military hospital | pesthouse | psychiatric hospital | sanatarium | sanatorium | sanitarium | ward Hospital In Webster's Dictionary \Hos"pi*tal\, n. [OF. hospital, ospital, F. h[^o]pital,
LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late
Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia
apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See {Host} a
landlord, and cf. {Hostel}, {Hotel}, {Spital}.]
1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are
received and treated; a public or private institution
founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of
persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or
dependent, and in which they are treated either at their
own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part;
a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded
of an army cared for.
{Hospital ship}, a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital.
{Hospital Sunday}, a Sunday set apart for simultaneous
contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London
Hospital Sunday.
\Hos"pi*tal\, a. [L. hospitalis: cf. OF. hospital.] Hospitable. [Obs.] --Howell. |
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