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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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Infirmary :: Infirmary (n.) A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated..

Pesthouse :: Pesthouse (n.) A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease.

Housekeeper :: Housekeeper (n.) One who exercises hospitality, or has a plentiful and hospitable household..

Spitalhouse :: Spital (n.) A hospital.

Orphanotrophy :: Orphanotrophy (n.) A hospital for orphans.

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..

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

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..

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

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..

Nosocomial :: Nosocomial (a.) Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere..

Externe :: Externe (n.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients..

Hospitableness :: Hospitableness (n.) The quality of being hospitable; hospitality.

Dotation :: Dotation (n.) Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation..

Proxene :: Proxene (n.) An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to those who came from a friendly city or state.

Ambulance :: Ambulance (n.) An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital..

Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers..

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..

Spitball :: Spitalhouse (n.) A hospital.

Solarium :: Solarium (n.) An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents..