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Definition of Hospital
1. Noun. A health facility where patients receive treatment.
Terms within: Burn Center, Clinic, Hospital Room, Hospital Ward, Ward
Specialized synonyms: Creche, Foundling Hospital, Lazar House, Lazaret, Lazarette, Lazaretto, Pesthouse, Maternity Hospital, Asylum, Insane Asylum, Institution, Mental Home, Mental Hospital, Mental Institution, Psychiatric Hospital, Military Hospital, Sanatarium, Sanatorium, Sanitarium
Generic synonyms: Health Facility, Healthcare Facility, Medical Building
Derivative terms: Hospitalize
2. Noun. A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care.
Terms within: Coronary Care Unit, Icu, Intensive Care Unit
Derivative terms: Hospitalize
Definition of Hospital
1. n. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.
2. a. Hospitable.
Definition of Hospital
1. Noun. A building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying. Usually has a staff of doctors and nurses to aid in the treatment of patients. ¹
2. Noun. A building founded for the long term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A place of lodging. ¹
4. Noun. (UK chiefly in prepositional phrases without determiner or article) The place and state of being hospitalized. ¹
5. Adjective. (obsolete) hospitable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hospital
1. a medical institution [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hospital
1. 1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. 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. Origin: OF. Hospital, ospital, F. Hopital, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hospital
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