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Definition of "hospital" []
- An institution that provides medical, surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment for the sick or the injured. (noun)
- Chiefly British A charitable institution, such as an orphanage or a home for the elderly. (noun)
- A repair shop for specified items: a doll hospital. (noun)
- Archaic A hospice for travelers or pilgrims. (noun)
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Use "hospital" in a sentence
- "It is often met with in those who are much exposed to air contaminated with organisms -- for example, patients who have been long in hospital, or the resident staff of hospitals (_septic_ or _hospital throat_), and particularly in persons of a "rheumatic" tendency."
- "Joe: OH NO!! we got to get him to the hospital right now! (pick up nick and carries him to the car and the girls follow) * they rush to the hospital*"
- "+hospital+ (7 in plan), having a frontage of 192 yards, built in the last century on the site of the hospital of St. Martha, founded in 1354."
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