A hospital, a hospice; a home for the poor.
| 单词 | θ16046 |
| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary (159) maison dieu1354 A hospital, a hospice; a home for the poor. fermery1377 = infirmary, n.; chiefly, the infirmary of a monastery. leech-house1483 attributive and in other combinations, as leech-fee n. ‘a physician's fee’ (Cent. Dict.). leech-house n. Obsolete a hospital. leechman n. †a… sick-house1491 A house set apart for sick persons; a hospital. hospital1549 spec. An institution or establishment for the care of the sick or wounded, or of those who require medical treatment. (The current sense.) infirmitorya1552 = infirmary, n. 1. guest house1600 A hospital, a poorhouse. Obsolete. infirmatory1603 = infirmary, n. valetudinary1623 An infirmary or hospital. Obsolete. infirmary1625 A building or part of a building for the treatment of the sick or wounded; a hospital; esp. the sick-quarters in a religious establishment, a… nosocome1653 A hospital. hôtel-Dieuc1660 Chiefly in French-speaking contexts: a hospital. hothouse1707 Caribbean. A hospital for slaves. Now historical. sanity-institution1799 a hospital. butcher's shop1890 U.S. slang (originally Military). An operating theatre or (more generally) a hospital. Cf. butcher, n. 3a. Now somewhat rare. Subcategories:— system or poor hygienic conditions in (1) — confinement to or accommodation in (3) — nursing home (6) — hospital for the poor (1) — hospital for the old (2) — hospital for old soldiers (1) — hospital for venereal disease or yaws (2) — smallpox hospital (1) — leper-house or lazaretto (15) — maternity hospital (3) — hospital for the subnormal (1) — hospital for the mentally ill (36) — military or field hospital (14) — hospital ship (5) — infirmary in a school (2) — infirmary in a prison (2) — other types of hospital (8) — one of hospital buildings (1) — hospital department (14) — hospital ward (18) — operating theatre (4) — rooms for childbirth (3) — available place in hospital (1) |
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