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Meaning of hospitalism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers
    uncountable
  2. A spoiled or degenerate condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
    dated, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Hospitalismus

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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