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Definition of Infirmary
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
Definition of Infirmary
1. n. A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.
Definition of Infirmary
1. Noun. A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse. ¹
2. Noun. A clinic or dispensary within another institution. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infirmary
1. [n -RIES]
Medical Definition of Infirmary
1. A clinic or small hospital, especially in a school or college. Origin: L. Infirmarium; see infirm (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infirmary
Literary usage of Infirmary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue by Princeton University (1917)
"infirmary REGULATIONS 1. The Sanitary Committee shall have general control of
the medical administration of the infirmary, the care of patients, ..."
2. The Lancet (1898)
"The child fell ¡11 with periostitis of the shoulder, and could not be sent home,
yet at the infirmary they hesitated to take this paying patient. ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical JournalMedicine (1893)
"Royal infirmary ; Lecturer on Midwifery and Diseases of Women, School of Medicine,
Edinburgh. ... D., FRCS Ed., Surgeon to the Edinburgh Royal infirmary. ..."
4. Bulletin by Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women (1905)
"Harvard College established a Department of Medical Visitation, and has provided
two buildings constituting the infirmary, or hospital, of the college, ..."
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