hospital

  • 51hospital*/*/*/ — [ˈhɒspɪt(ə)l] noun [C] a place where ill or injured people receive medical treatment He spent a week in hospital with food poisoning.[/ex] He went into hospital last week for a heart operation.[/ex] …

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  • 52hospitál — a m (ȃ) 1. redko zavetišče, dom: v mestu so postavili hospital 2. redko bolniški oddelek, zlasti v zavetišču, domu: hospital v domu za onemogle 3. nekdaj hiša, v kateri dobijo prenočišče in oskrbo popotniki in romarji: prenočevati v hospitalu …

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  • 53hospital — [13] Like hospices, hostels, and hotels, hospitals were originally simply places at which guests were received. The word comes via Old French hospital from medieval Latin hospitāle, a noun use of the adjective hospitālis ‘of a guest’. This in… …

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  • 54hospital — 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… …

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  • 55hospital — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin hospitale hospice, guest house, from neuter of Latin hospitalis of a guest, from hospit , hospes Date: 14th century 1. a charitable institution for… …

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  • 56Hospital — Sygehus. I tidligere tider betegnelse for en fattiggård eller mild stiftelse. (Man husker måske H.C. Andersens fortælling om de gamle koner i Odense Hospital i hans barndom.) Dette er baggrunden for at mange hospitaler uden for København kaldes… …

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  • 57Hospital — Hos|pi|tal 〈n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: e od. tä|ler〉 1. 〈allg.〉 Krankenhaus 2. 〈i. e. S.〉 Anstalt zur längeren od. dauernden Aufnahme chronisch Kranker [Etym.: <mhd. hospital(e) <ahd. hospitalhus <mlat. hospitale »Armen , Krankenhaus«; zu lat.… …

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  • 58hospital — noun the hospitals were overwhelmed with cases of influenza Syn: infirmary, medical center, health center, clinic, sanatorium, hospice; Military field hospital; dated asylum …

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  • 59hospital — n. an institution providing medical or psychiatric care and treatment of patients. Such care may be residential (in patient), including the care of patients for a whole day and their return home at night (day care). Out patient services include… …

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  • 60hospital — hos•pi•tal [[t]ˈhɒs pɪ tl[/t]] n. 1) med an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment 2) med a similar establishment for the care of animals 3) a repair shop for specific portable objects: doll… …

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