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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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Just over a week later she posted again to say she was recovering in hospital after a "serious" vehicle collision and had "four days to live", alongside a photo of her in hospital.

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Workers were rushing to evacuate and transfer the injured to hospitals, authorities said.

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Eight other people - three men, two women and three children - were taken to hospital for treatment.

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Pope Francis, the first ever Latin American pope, died on Monday aged 88, following a period of ill health that led to him spending five weeks in hospital with double pneumonia.

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Ms Chick was found seriously injured in West Hoe Road on the evening of 22 January and died later in hospital.

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