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hos·pi·tal
(hŏs′pĭ-tl, -pĭt′l)n.
1.
a. A facility that provides emergency, inpatient, and usually outpatient medical care for sick or injured people.
b. A facility that provides veterinary care for sick or injured animals.
2. Chiefly British A charitable institution, such as an orphanage or a home for the elderly.
3. A repair shop for specified items: a doll hospital.
4. Archaic A hospice for travelers or pilgrims.
[Middle English, hospice, from Old French ospital, from Medieval Latin hospitāle, from neuter of Latin hospitālis, of a guest, from hospes, hospit-, guest; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]
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hospital
(ˈhɒspɪtəl)n
1. (Medicine) an institution for the medical, surgical, obstetric, or psychiatric care and treatment of patients
2. (Medicine) (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
[C13: from Medieval Latin hospitāle hospice, from Latin hospitālis relating to a guest, from hospes, hospit- guest, host1]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
hos•pi•tal
(ˈhɒs pɪ tl)n.
1. an institution in which sick or injured persons 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.
4. Brit. a charitable institution for the needy.
[1250–1300; < Medieval Latin hospitāle hospice, guesthouse, n. use of neuter of Latin hospitālis hospitable =hospit- (see hospice) + -ālis -al1]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
hospital
- conservatory - Comes from an Italian word for a hospital for foundlings, to whom music was taught.
- ambulance - Once brought the hospital to the patient—and kept the name when it reversed the process and started bringing the patients to the hospital; its original meaning was "mobile hospital following an army."
- nosocomial - "Pertaining to a hospital" or "originating in a hospital."
- bedlam - The word bedlam is a contraction of Bethlehem, a hospital in London that became a lunatic asylum.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
hospital
A medical treatment facility capable of providing inpatient care. It is appropriately staffed and equipped to provide diagnostic and therapeutic services, as well as the necessary supporting services required to perform its assigned mission and functions. A hospital may, in addition, discharge the functions of a clinic.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
hospital
A hospital is a place where sick people are looked after by doctors and nurses.
In British English, if you want to say that someone is in a hospital without mentioning which hospital they are in, you say they are in hospital.
I used to visit him in hospital.
She had to go into hospital for an operation.
American speakers do not say 'in hospital'. They say in the hospital.
She broke her back and spent some time in the hospital.
In both British and American English, if you want to say that something happened in a particular hospital, you usually say at the hospital.
I was working at the hospital.
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| Noun | 1. |  hospital - a health facility where patients receive treatmentburn center - a center where patients with severe burns can be treated clinic - a healthcare facility for outpatient care creche, foundling hospital - a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for hospital room - a room in a hospital for the care of patients lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, lazaretto, pesthouse - hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) maternity hospital - a hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person military hospital - hospital for soldiers and other military personnel sanatarium, sanatorium, sanitarium - a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases hospital ward, ward - block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward" |
| 2. | hospital - a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care medical institution - an institution created for the practice of medicine coronary care unit - a hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems ICU, intensive care unit - a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care |
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hospital
noun infirmary, clinic, nursing home, hospice, medical institution a children's hospital with 120 beds
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
hospital
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
مُسْتَشْفىمُسْتَشْفَى
nemocnice
hospital
sairaala
bolnica
spítali
病院
병원
hospitalizavimashospitalizuotiligoninėpaguldymas į ligoninępaguldyti į ligoninę
slimnīca
bolnišnica
sjukhus
โรงพยาบาล
bệnh viện
hospital
[ˈhɒspɪtl]A. N → hospital m
maternity hospital → casa f de maternidad
mental hospital → hospital m psiquiátrico, manicomio m
to go into hospital → ingresar en el hospital
maternity hospital → casa f de maternidad
mental hospital → hospital m psiquiátrico, manicomio m
to go into hospital → ingresar en el hospital
B. CPD hospital administration N → administración f de hospital
hospital administrator N (Brit) → administrador(a) m/f de hospital (US) → director(a) m/f de hospital
hospital case N → caso m clínico
90% of hospital cases are released within three weeks → el 90% de los casos clínicos son dados de alta en tres semanas
hospital doctor N → interno/a m/f
hospital facilities NPL → instalaciones fpl hospitalarias
hospital management N (= act) → gestión f hospitalaria; (= persons) → dirección f del hospital
hospital nurse N → enfermera f de hospital
hospital ship N → buque m hospital
hospital administrator N (Brit) → administrador(a) m/f de hospital (US) → director(a) m/f de hospital
hospital case N → caso m clínico
90% of hospital cases are released within three weeks → el 90% de los casos clínicos son dados de alta en tres semanas
hospital doctor N → interno/a m/f
hospital facilities NPL → instalaciones fpl hospitalarias
hospital management N (= act) → gestión f hospitalaria; (= persons) → dirección f del hospital
hospital nurse N → enfermera f de hospital
hospital ship N → buque m hospital
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hospital
[ˈhɒspɪtəl] n → hôpital m
Take me to the hospital! → Emmenez-moi à l'hôpital!
to be in hospital (British) to be in the hospital (US) → être à l'hôpital
Take me to the hospital! → Emmenez-moi à l'hôpital!
to be in hospital (British) to be in the hospital (US) → être à l'hôpital
modif [staff, doctor] → hospitalier/ière; [treatment] → hospitalier/ière hospital bedhospital bed n → lit m d'hôpitalhospital bill n → frais mpl d'hospitalisationhospital care n → soins mpl hospitaliershospital drama n (on TV) → série f hospitalière
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hospital
n → Krankenhaus nt, → Klinik f, → Hospital nt (old, Sw); in or (US) in the hospital → im Krankenhaus; he’s got to go (in)to hospital or (US) (in)to the hospital → er muss ins Krankenhaus (gehen)
hospital
in cpds → Krankenhaus-;hospital administration
n → Krankenhausverwaltung f
hospital administrator
n → Krankenhausverwalter(in) m(f)
hospital bed
n → Krankenhausbett nt
hospital case
n → Fall, der im Krankenhaus behandelt werden muss
hospital facilities
hospital
:hospital nurse
n → Krankenschwester f → (im Krankenhaus)
hospital ship
n → Lazarett- or Krankenschiff nt
hospital train
n → Lazarettzug m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
hospital
[ˈhɒspɪtl]2. adj (staff, treatment) → ospedaliero/a; (bed) → di or dell'ospedale
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hospital
(ˈhospitl) noun a building or group of buil-dings where people who are ill or injured are given treatment. After the train crash, the injured people were taken to hospital.
ˈhospitalize, ˈhospitalise verb (especially American) to keep (a person) in hospital for treatment.
ˌhospitaliˈzation, ˌhospitaliˈsation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
hospital
→ مُسْتَشْفَى nemocnice hospital Krankenhaus νοσοκομείο hospital sairaala hôpital bolnica ospedale 病院 병원 ziekenhuis sykehus szpital hospital больница sjukhus โรงพยาบาล hastane bệnh viện 医院Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
hos·pi·tal
n. hospital, centro de atención de la salud.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
hospital
adj hospitalario; n hospital m; community — hospital comunitario; county — (US) hospital del condado; general — hospital general; mental — hospital psiquiátrico or mental; private — hospital privado; public — hospital público; teaching — hospital de enseñanza, hospital universitario; tertiary care — hospital de tercer nivel, hospital terciario (esp. Esp); university — hospital universitario; Veteran’s Affairs (VA) — (US) hospital de veteranosEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.