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Hospitals
A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
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A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
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A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
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A place of lodging.
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| Word | Definition |
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| infirmarynoun | A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse. |
| clinicnoun | A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients. |
| clinicsnoun | A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients. |
| establishmentsnoun | That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence. |
| facilitiesnoun | (euphemistic) Facilities for urination and defecation: a toilet; a lavatory. |
| hospitalizedverb | Lying in a hospital, having been hospitalized. |
| institutionsnoun | A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work. |
| maternitiesnoun | The state of being a mother; motherhood. |
| wardsnoun | Protection, defence. |
| medical centers | (US) Synonym of hospital. |
| health centers | US standard spelling of health centre. [A clinic staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses.] |
| sanatoriumsnoun | An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence. |
| infirmariesnoun | A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse. |
| sanitariumsnoun | (US) Alternative form of sanatorium. [An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.] |
| sickbaysnoun | A place used as a hospital on board a ship, or on a spaceship (in science fiction). |
| lazarettosnoun | (historical) (also figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine. |
| emergency rooms | (Canada, US, Philippines, healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance. |
| asylumsnoun | A place of safety or refuge. |
| trauma centers | A trauma center, or trauma centre, is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. |
| nursing homes | A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities. |
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