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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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..
Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household..
Prytaneum :: Prytaneum (n.) A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers..
Hospitality :: Hospitality (n.) The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality..
Profuse :: Profuse (a.) Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality..
Chapel :: Chapel (n.) A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison..
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..
Hotel-dieu :: Hotel-Dieu (n.) A hospital.
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..
Enterprise :: Enterprise (v. t.) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
Inhospitality :: Inhospitality (n.) The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of 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..
Hospitalities :: Hospitalities (pl. ) of Hospitalit.
Externe :: Externe (n.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients..
Scambler :: Scambler (n.) A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor.
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..
Emigrant :: Emigrant (v. i.) Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital..
Hearth :: Hearth (n.) The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside..
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..
Hospital :: Hospital (n.) A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.
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