hospital

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.
   countable, uncountable
3. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse.
   countable, uncountable
4. An institution that provides care and shelter:asylum, home, hospice, shelter.
5. A place of lodging.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
6. 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 hospital nemocnice das Krankenhaus hospital νοσοκομείοhospital haigla بيمارستان sairaala hôpital בֵּית חוֹלִים चिकित्सालय bolnica kórház rumah sakit spítali ospedale 病院 병원 ligoninė slimnīca hospital hospitaal, ziekenhuis sykehus, hospitalszpital روغتون hospital spital больница; госпиталь nemocnica bolnišnica b...
7. (especially American) to keep (a person) in hospital for treatment. hospitaliseer, in die hospitaal opneem يُدخِل إلى المُسْتَشْفى хоспитализирам hospitalizar hospitalizovat im Krankenhaus behandeln indlægge på hospital εισάγω, νοσηλεύω σε νοσοκομείο hospitalizar haiglaravile viima بستری كردن در بيمارستان olla sairaalahoidossa 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 ...
   especially American
8. hospitalisasie, opname in 'n hospitaal إدخال إلى المُسْتَشْفى хоспитализиране hospitalização hospitalizace die Aufnahme in ein Krankenhaus indlæggelse på hospital νοσηλεία σε νοσοκομείο hospitalización haiglasolek بستری sairaalahoito 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 h...
9. hospital, centro de atención de la salud.
10. A facility that provides emergency, inpatient, and usually outpatient medical care for sick or injured people.
11. Chiefly British A charitable institution, such as an orphanage or a home for the elderly.
    Chiefly British
12. A repair shop for specified items: a doll hospital.
13. Archaic A hospice for travelers or pilgrims.
    Archaic
14. (Medicine) an institution for the medical, surgical, obstetric, or psychiatric care and treatment of patients

Equivalents

Examples

“Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.”

“Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital.”

“This section of the Act gives the court powers to assess whether treatment is going to be beneficial and hence whether hospital is a suitable disposal option.”

“The foundling hospital took in abandoned children and educated them.”

“[…] they spide a goodly castle, plast / Foreby a riuer in a pleasaunt dale, / Which choosing for that euenings hospitale, / They thither marcht […]”

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