Definition of Hospital at Dictionary.com

[ hos-pi-tl ]

/ ˈhɒs pɪ tl /

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noun

an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.

a similar establishment for the care of animals.

a repair shop for specific portable objects: violin hospital; doll hospital.

British. an institution supported by charity or taxes for the care of the needy, as an orphanage or old people’s home.

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Origin of hospital

1250–1300; Middle English hospitale Medieval Latin, noun use of neuter of Latin hospitālis hospitable, equivalent to hospit- (see hospitium) + -ālis -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM hospital

min·i·hos·pi·tal, nounmul·ti·hos·pi·tal, adjectivepost·hos·pi·tal, adjective

Words nearby hospital

hosiery, hosing, hosp., hospice, hospitable, hospital, hospital bed, hospital corner, hospital formulary, hospital gangrene, hospital light

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Example sentences from the Web for hospital

When the father arrived at the hospital, he was told that Andrew Dossi was in surgery, but the wounds were not life-threatening.
By the time the ambulance arrived, over 10 minutes later, it was too late—Mills died soon after arriving at the hospital.
“The Center was actually able to get me into the hospital and get me the new medications that were available,” Thom said.
Liu had been married just two months before and his wife now stood in this Brooklyn hospital, a sudden widow because of a madman.

Both Mayor De Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton rushed to the hospital.
When shall we know whether they are dead or alive, whether strong and healthy or moaning upon a bed in hospital?
I knew in what manner patients were treated at the hospital, and removal thither was to the last degree abhorred.
It is curious to find that in 1821 the function of the hospital as a school for students of medicine was something of a novelty.
A few days before, Si, while passing near the hospital, saw a weak convalescent faint and fall.
Do you remember the first hospital bed you ever made, the first bed-bath you gave, the first massage?

British Dictionary definitions for hospital

hospital

noun

an institution for the medical, surgical, obstetric, or psychiatric care and treatment of patients

(modifier) having the function of a hospitala hospital ship

a repair shop for something specifieda dolls’ hospital

archaic a charitable home, hospice, or school

Word Origin for hospital

C13: from Medieval Latin hospitāle hospice, from Latin hospitālis relating to a guest, from hospes, hospit- guest, host 1

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Medical definitions for hospital

hospital

n.

An institution that provides medical, surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment for the sick or the injured.

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