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hospital

[ hos-pi-tl ]

noun

  1. an institution in which sick or injured people are given medical or surgical treatment.
  2. a similar establishment for the care of animals.
  3. a repair shop for specific portable objects: doll hospital.

    violin hospital;

    doll hospital.

  4. British. an institution supported by charity or taxes for people in need of care, as a children's home or nursing home.


hospital

/ ˈɒɪə /

noun

  1. an institution for the medical, surgical, obstetric, or psychiatric care and treatment of patients
  2. modifier having the function of a hospital

    a hospital ship

  3. a repair shop for something specified

    a dolls' hospital

  4. archaic.
    a charitable home, hospice, or school
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • i·Dzp·ٲ noun
  • ܱt·Dzp·ٲ adjective
  • Dz·Dzp·ٲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hospital1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English (h)ospital, “lodging for pilgrims and travelers, hostel,” Old French (h)ospital, from Medieval Latin Dz辱 “guesthouse, inn,” noun use of neuter of Latin Dz辱 “hospitable,” equivalent to hospit- stem of hospes “guest, visitor, host” + - -al 1( def ); hospitium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hospital1

C13: from Medieval Latin Dz辱 hospice, from Latin Dz辱 relating to a guest, from hospes, hospit- guest, host 1
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Example Sentences

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Top USC basketball recruit Alijah Arenas has been released from the hospital and is resting comfortably, his family announced in a statement Wednesday.

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And three injured Druze were evacuated by Israeli forces to a hospital in northern Israel on Wednesday evening, the Israeli military said.

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Thirteen people were treated for smoke inhalation, including five who were taken to hospital, according to the city's emergency information office.

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“We meet people when they have just gotten out of the hospital, we meet people when they have just lost a job,” said Dana Rae Vanderford, associate director of the Homelessness Prevention Unit.

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The 58-year-old was interrogated for half an hour at an unknown location and was later transferred to an Israeli hospital due to a deterioration in his health, his son Mohammed said.

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