hospital : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a temporary military hospital near the battle lines
  

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• noun a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
  creche.
  

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• a hospital for foundlings.

Webster 1913

• (Mil.), hospitals established to receive sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals. Farrow.

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• noun a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
  orderly.
  

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• noun a single bed with a frame in three sections so the head or middle or foot can be raised as required
  

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• noun placing in medical care in a hospital
  hospitalization; hospitalisation.
  

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• noun a chaplain in a hospital
  

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• noun occupancy rate for hospitals
  

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• noun a room in a hospital for the care of patients
  

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• noun a ship built to serve as a hospital; used for wounded in wartime
  

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• a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital.

Webster 1913

• a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday.

Webster 1913

• noun a military train built to transport wounded troops to a hospital
  

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• noun block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
  ward.
  
  • they put her in a 4-bed ward

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Lock" hos"pi*tal

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1. . A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. Eng.

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• noun a hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants
  

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• noun a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
  mental institution; mental home; mental hospital; insane asylum; asylum; institution.
  

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• noun hospital for soldiers and other military personnel
  

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• noun a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
  mental institution; mental home; mental hospital; insane asylum; asylum; institution.
  

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