Definition of Hospitalism

1. n. A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.

Definition of Hospitalism

1. Noun. (psychology) wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers ¹

2. Noun. (medicine dated) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Hospitalism

1. A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hospitalism

hospital ship
hospital ships
hospital shops
hospital train
hospital units
hospital volunteers
hospital ward
hospitaler
hospitalisable
hospitalisation
hospitalisations
hospitalise
hospitalised
hospitalises
hospitalising
hospitalism (current term)
hospitalist
hospitalists
hospitalities
hospitality
hospitalizable
hospitalization
hospitalization insurance
hospitalizations
hospitalize
hospitalized
hospitalizes
hospitalizing
hospitaller
hospitallers

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