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HOSPITAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A health facility where patients receive treatment
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hospital" is a kind of...):
health facility; healthcare facility; medical building (building where medicine is practiced)
Meronyms (parts of "hospital"):
burn center (a center where patients with severe burns can be treated)
clinic (a healthcare facility for outpatient care)
hospital room (a room in a hospital for the care of patients)
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hospital"):
creche; foundling hospital (a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for)
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)
asylum; insane asylum; institution; mental home; mental hospital; mental institution; psychiatric hospital (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)
Derivation:
hospitalize (admit into a hospital)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("hospital" is a kind of...):
medical institution (an institution created for the practice of medicine)
Meronyms (parts of "hospital"):
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)
Derivation:
hospitalize (admit into a hospital)
Context examples:
In the United States, it is often done before a new baby leaves the hospital.
(Circumcision, NIH)
Treatment is usually a few days in the hospital for intravenous (IV) fluids, antibiotics, and medicines to relieve pain.
(Pancreatitis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the hospital anxiety and depression scale questionnaire for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).
(CDISC Questionnaire HADS Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
They may provide the care in the home, in a hospital, or in an institution.
(Caregiver, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
In the three years after an attack, people considered mildly obese were 30 percent more likely to survive and spent fewer days in the hospital than those of normal weight, researchers found.
(Mildly Obese Fare Better after Major Heart Attack, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Because of the risk of serious complications, the man was admitted to hospital, where he was fed by tube and given intravenous antibiotics until the swelling and pain had subsided.
(Blocking A Sneeze, Man Ruptures Throat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A doctor who specializes in giving drugs or other agents to prevent or relieve pain during surgery or other procedures being done in the hospital.
(Anesthesiologist, NCI Dictionary)
Nutrition therapy may help patients recover more quickly and spend less time in the hospital.
(Nutrition therapy, NCI Dictionary)
People living in polluted urban areas are far less likely to be admitted to hospital with asthma when there are lots of trees in their neighborhood.
(Asthma Attacks Reduced in Tree-Lined Urban Neighborhoods, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Hospital and death records were then used to identify stroke events over an average follow-up of seven years.
(A healthy lifestyle cuts stroke risk, irrespective of genetic risk, University of Cambridge)
