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Hospital

Hospital Meaning & Definition
Hospital Definition And Meaning

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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