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1. (n.) hospital
an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
2. hospital
a similar establishment for the care of animals.
3. hospital
a repair shop for specific portable objects:
doll hospital.
4. hospital
Brit. a charitable institution for the needy.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < ML hospitāle hospice, guesthouse, n. use of neut. of L hospitālis hospitable =hospit- (see hospice ) +-ālis -al1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hospital, infirmary
a health facility where patients receive treatment
2. (noun) hospital
a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
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1. (noun) hospital
a building where sick or injured people are given medical treatment
My grandmother is in the hospital.; He has to go back to the hospital tomorrow.
2. hospital
admit sb to the hospital
to allow sb to be a patient in a hospital
3. hospital
discharge sb from the hospital
to allow sb to leave a hospital
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) hospital
hospitable
2. (noun) hospital
a place for shelter or entertainment; an inn
3. (noun) hospital
a building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. hospital
A medical treatment facility capable of providing inpatient care. It is appropriately staffed and equipped to provide diagnostic and therapeutic services, as well as the necessary supporting services required to perform its assigned mission and functions. A hospital may, in addition, discharge the functions of a clinic.
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Sense: a building or group of buil-dings where people who are ill or injured are given treatment
After the train crash, the injured people were taken to hospital.
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 Afrikaans: hospitaal |
 Arabic: مُسْتَشْفى |
 Bulgarian: болница |
 Brazilian: hospital |
 Czech: nemocnice |
 German: das Krankenhaus |
 Danish: hospital |
 Greek: νοσοκομείο |
 Spanish: hospital |
 Estonian: haigla |
 Farsi: بيمارستان |
 Finnish: sairaala |
 French: hôpital |
 Hebrew: בֵּית חוֹלִים |
 Hindi: चिकित्सालय |
 Croatian: bolnica |
 Hungarian: kórház |
 Indonesian: rumah sakit |
 Icelandic: spítali |
 Italian: ospedale |
 Japanese: 病院 |
 Korean: 병원 |
 Lithuanian: ligoninė |
 Latvian: slimnīca |
 Malay: hospital |
 Dutch: hospitaal, ziekenhuis |
 Norwegian: sykehus, hospital |
 Polish: szpital |
 Persian: بيمارستان |
 Pashto: روغتون |
 Portuguese: hospital |
 Romanian: spital |
 Russian: больница; госпиталь |
 Slovak: nemocnica |
 Slovenian: bolnišnica |
 Serbian: bolnica |
 Swedish: sjukhus |
 Thai: โรงพยาบาล |
 Turkish: hastane |
 Taiwanese: 醫院 |
 Ukrainian: лікарня, шпиталь |
 Urdu: ہسپتال |
 Vietnamese: bệnh viện |
 Chinese: 医院 |
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