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mental institution

DEFINITIONS OF: mental institution

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n a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Synonyms:
asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, psychiatric hospital
Types:
Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit
pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Type of:
hospital, infirmary
a health facility where patients receive treatment
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