hospital
Other forms: hospitals
A hospital is the place to go when you're very sick or injured in a way that requires immediate treatment. If you trip over your shoelaces and break your arm, you'll need to go to the hospital.
People having surgery or delivering a baby usually go to a hospital, and if you suspect you have food poisoning, you might visit the emergency room of a hospital. Hospitals are staffed by doctors and nurses, as well as office workers, cleaners, and aides of various kinds. The earliest hospitals were shelters or needy people, or hostels for travelers, and the word comes from the Late Latin hospitale, "guest house or inn."
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a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
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medical institution
an institution created for the practice of medicine
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medical institution
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a health facility where patients receive treatment
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synonyms:
infirmary
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creche, foundling hospital
a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
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lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, lazaretto, pesthouse
hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
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maternity hospital
a hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants
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asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
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military hospital
hospital for soldiers and other military personnel
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sanatarium, sanatorium, sanitarium
a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
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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
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field hospital
a temporary military hospital near the battle lines
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health facility, healthcare facility, medical building
building where medicine is practiced
/ˌhɑˈspɪdl/
/ˈhɒspɪtəl/
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