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Definition of hospital

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Hospital (n.) 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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Xenodochy :: Xenodochy (n.) Reception of strangers; hospitality.

Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta..

Imbecile :: Imbecile (a.) Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane..

Hospitalism :: Hospitalism (n.) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital..

Lock Hospital :: Lock hospital () A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases.

Lazzaroni :: Lazzaroni (n. pl.) The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge..

Hospitage :: Hospitage (n.) Hospitality.

Lazaretto :: Lazaretto (n.) A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases..

Pathologist :: Pathologist (n.) One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases..

Matron :: Matron (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital..

Latrine :: Latrine (n.) A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc..

Hospital :: Hospital (a.) Hospitable.

Scambler :: Scambler (n.) A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor.

Inhospitable :: Inhospitable (a.) Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people..

Spitball :: Spitalhouse (n.) A hospital.

Hospitalities :: Hospitalities (pl. ) of Hospitalit.

Bridewell :: Bridewell (n.) A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse..

Water Bed :: Water bed () A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients..

Inhospitality :: Inhospitality (n.) The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.

Adoption :: Adoption (n.) Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another..