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field hospital

noun

Military.

an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.

field hospital

noun

a temporary hospital set up near a battlefield equipped to provide remedial surgery and post-operative care

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Word History and Origins

Origin of field hospital¹

First recorded in 1695–1705

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A security guard was killed and nine other people were injured in an air strike on a field hospital in Khan Younis, the hospital said.

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Next to the camp were more tunnels under construction, apparently the beginnings of a field hospital.

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They gathered everyone into the living room, ordering them not to move and turned it into an impromptu field hospital.

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Melanie Johnson has been honoured for leading a UK medical team in Gaza during the recent conflict, providing surgical, primary, and community healthcare support in a field hospital.

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Ms Wood made a field hospital near Utah Beach, with an ambulance, tents and injured soldiers.

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field-holler field house

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