hospital
A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.
Example
“Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.”
Other meanings
A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse.
“The foundling hospital took in abandoned children and educated them.”
A place of lodging.
Related words
- hospicentric
- Hospital Row
- hospitalman
- superhospital
- base hospital
- antihospital
- cottage hospital
- field hospital
- hospital corner
- hospital fever
- hospital gown
- hospital bag
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "hospitālis".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hospital” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.