What does hospital mean in English? Meaning of hospital definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "hospital" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "hospital": a health facility where patients receive treatment
Noun
Meaning: a health facility where patients receive treatment
Synonyms: hospital
infirmary
Hyponyms: asylum
creche
foundling hospital
insane asylum
institution
lazar house
lazaret
lazarette
lazaretto
maternity hospital
mental home
mental hospital
mental institution
military hospital
pesthouse
psychiatric hospital
sanatarium
sanatorium
sanitarium
Hypernyms: health facility
healthcare facility
medical building
Part Holonyms: burn center
clinic
hospital room
hospital ward
ward
Hyphenation: hos‧pi‧tal
Meaning of "hospital": a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
Noun
Meaning: a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
Synonyms: hospital
Hypernyms: medical institution
Part Holonyms: coronary care unit
icu
intensive care unit
Hyphenation: hos‧pi‧tal
Adjective: 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.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.(obsolete) A place of lodging. 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix: they spide a goodly castle, plast / Foreby a riuer in a pleasaunt dale, / Which choosing for that euenings hospitale, / They thither marcht [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix: they spide a goodly castle, plast / Foreby a riuer in a pleasaunt dale, / Which choosing for that euenings hospitale, / They thither marcht [...].(UK, chiefly in prepositional phrases, without determiner or article) The place and state of being hospitalized. Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.
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