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hos·pi·tal  (hsp-tl, -ptl)

n.

1. An institution that provides medical, surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment for the sick or the injured.

2. Chiefly British A charitable institution, such as an orphanage or a home for the elderly.

3. A repair shop for specified items: a doll hospital.

4. Archaic A hospice for travelers or pilgrims.

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[Middle English, hospice, from Old French ospital, from Medieval Latin hospitle, from neuter of Latin hospitlis, of a guest, from hospes, hospit-, guest; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]

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hospital

Noun

an institution for the medical or psychiatric care and treatment of patients [Latin hospes guest]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hospital - a health facility where patients receive treatment infirmary 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"
	2.	hospital - a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care medical institution - an institution created for the practice of medicine coronary care unit - a hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems ICU, intensive care unit - a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care

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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.

Translations

hospital [ˈhɔspɪtl] n → hospital m

hospital [ˈhɔspɪtl] n → hôpital m;

in hospital (US);

in the hospital → à l'hôpital;

where's the nearest hospital? → où est l'hôpital le plus proche?

hospital [ˈhɔspɪtl] n → Krankenhaus nt;

in hospital, in the hospital (US) → im Krankenhaus

hospital [ˈhɔspɪtl] n → ospedale m;

in hospital (US);

in the hospital → all'ospedale

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hospital

n hospital [ˈhospitl]

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. hospitaal مُسْتَشْفى болница nemocnice hospital das Krankenhaus νοσοκομείο hospital haigla بيمارستان sairaala hôpital בֵּית חוֹלִים चिकित्सालय bolnica kórház rumah sakit spítali ospedale 病院 병원 ligoninė slimnīca hospital hospitaal, ziekenhuis sykehus, hospital szpital hospital spital больница; госпиталь nemocnica bolnišnica bolnica sjukhus โรงพยาบาล hastane 醫院 лікарня, шпиталь ہسپتال bệnh viện 医院

v ˈhospitalize, *ˈhospitalise

(especially American) to keep (a person) in hospital for treatment. hospitaliseer, in die hospitaal opneem يُدخِل إلى المُسْتَشْفى хоспитализирам hospitalizovat indlægge på hospital im Krankenhaus behandeln εισάγω, νοσηλεύω σε νοσοκομείο hospitalizar haiglaravile viima بستری كردن در بيمارستان viedä sairaalahoitoon hospitaliser לְאַשפֵּז अस्पताल में भर्ती करना primiti u bolnicu, bolnicki lijeciti kórházban elhelyez merawat leggja inn á spítala ospedalizzare 病院に入れる 입원시키다 paguldyti į ligoninę, hospitalizuoti hospitalizēt, ievietot slimnīcā memasukkan seseorang ke hospital opnemen in een ziekenhuis legge inn på sykehus hospitalizować hospitalizar a spitaliza госпитализировать hospitalizovať sprejeti v bolnišnico hospitalizovati lägga in på sjukhus ผู้ป่วย hastaneye yatırmak 住院治療 госпіталізувати, покласти в лікарню ہسپتال میں داخل کرنا nhập viện; nằm viện 住院治疗

n ˌhospitaliˈzation, *ˌhospitaliˈsation

hospitalisasie, opname in 'n hospitaal إدخال إلى المُسْتَشْفى хоспитализиране hospitalizace indlæggelse på hospital die Aufnahme in ein Krankenhaus νοσηλεία σε νοσοκομείο hospitalización haiglasolek بستری sairaalassaolo hospitalisation אִישפּוּז अस्पताल की भर्ती primanje u bolnicu, bolnicko lijecenje felvétel kórházba; kórházi ápolás perawatan innlögn á spítala ospedalizzazione 入院 입원 paguldymas į ligoninę, hospitalizavimas hospitalizācija tindakan memasukkan seseorang ke dalam hospital opname innleggelse på sykehus hospitalizacja hospitalização spi­ta­lizare госпитализация hospitalizácia hospitalizacija hospitalizacija inläggning på sjukhus, sjukhusvistelse การนำเข้ารักษาในโรงพยาบาล hastaneye yatırma 住院治療 госпіталізація ہسپتال میں داخل کرنا یا ہونا sự nhập viện, sự nằm bệnh viện 住院治疗