infirmary

in·fir·ma·ry  (n-fûrm-r)

n. pl. in·fir·ma·ries

A place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured, especially a small hospital or dispensary in an institution.

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[Middle English infirmarie, from Medieval Latin nfirmria, from Latin nfirmus, infirm; see infirm.]

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infirmary

Noun

pl -ries a place for the treatment of the sick or injured; hospital

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

infirmary - a health facility where patients receive treatment hospital burn center - a center where patients with severe burns can be treated clinic - a healthcare facility for outpatient care creche, foundling hospital - a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for hospital room - a room in a hospital for the care of patients lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, lazaretto, pesthouse - hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) maternity hospital - a hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants health facility, healthcare facility, medical building - building where medicine is practiced mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person military hospital - hospital for soldiers and other military personnel sanatarium, sanatorium, sanitarium - a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases hospital ward, ward - block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward"

Translations

infirmary [ɪnˈfəːmərɪ] n → hospital m

infirmary [ɪnˈfəːmərɪ] n → hôpital m;

(in school, factory) → infirmerie f

infirmary [ɪnˈfəːmərɪ] infirm n → Krankenhaus nt

infirmary [ɪnˈfəːmərɪ] n → ospedale m;

(in school, factory) → infermeria