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1. Hospital
   Any institution duly licensed, certified, and operated as a Hospital. In no event shall the term 'Hospital' include a convalescent facility, nursing home, or any institution or part thereof which is used principally as a convalescence facility, rest facility, nursing facility, or facility for the aged.
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2. hospital
   [n] - a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care 2. [n] - a health facility where patients receive treatment
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3. Hospital
   A place designed for cared for the sick. The earliest in the northeast were purpose-built hospitals in the Roman period placed in the military forts, such as those along Hadrian's Wall. These were organised around a central courtyard with the separate wards leading off from it. Monasteries took ove...
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4. Hospital
   Hospital: It may seem unnecessary to define a 'hospital' since everyone knows the nature of a hospital. A hospital began as a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm, or young. The word 'hospital' comes from the Latin 'hospes' which refers to either a visitor or the host who receives the ...
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5. Hospital
   Hos'pi·tal noun [ Old French hospital , ospital , French hôpital , Late Latin hospitale (or perhaps English hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from Latin hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia...
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6. Hospital
   Hos'pi·tal adjective [ Latin hospitalis : confer Old French hospital .] Hospitable. [ Obsolete] Howell.
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7. hospital
   1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. ... 2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which t...
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8. hospital
   infirmary noun a health facility where patients receive treatment
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9. hospital
   noun a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
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10. hospital
    (hos´pĭ-tәl) an institution for the care and treatment of the acutely sick and injured. day hospital a facility that offers professional health care, such as psychiatric care or rehabilitation services, to individuals who require services but are able to return to thei...
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11. Hospital
    • (n.) A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. • (a.) Hospitable. • (n.) A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled...
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12. Hospital
    (from the article `Wiseman, Frederick`) ...proceeded to make documentaries on varoius American institutions, including a public high school (High School, 1968), a metropolitan police force ...
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13. hospital
    an institution that is built, staffed, and equipped for the diagnosis of disease; for the treatment, both medical and surgical, of the sick and the ... [12 related articles]
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14. hospital
    
    • a health facility where patients receive treatment
    • a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
    
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15. Hospital
    An institution whose primary function is to provide diagnostic and therapeutic inpatient services, for a variety of surgical and non-surgical medical conditions. In addition, most hospitals provide outpatient services, including emergency care.
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16. Hospital
    A medical facility that is capable of handling a wide variety of situations, including childbirth, emergency care, surgery and other diagnostic procedures. A hospital provides care to patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by a wide variety of health care professionals. The hospital is divided into ...
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17. hospital
    hospital, institution for the care of the sick, maintained by private endowment or public funds or both. General hospitals minister to all types of illness, while special hospitals are concerned with only one disease or group of diseases. Many hospitals are maintained solely for the treatment of mil...
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18. Hospital
    Originally, a hospital was any building appropriated for the reception of any class of persons who were unable to supply their own wants, and were more or less dependent upon public help to have those wants supplied. Hence hospitals were of various kinds, according to the nature of the wants they su...
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19. Hospital
    A hospital is an institution for caring for the sick and injured. The name derives from House of God' s
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20. hospital
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hos′pi-tăl Definitions: 1. An institution for the treatment, care, and cure of the sick and wounded, for the study of disease, and for the training of physicians, nurses, and allied health care personnel.
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21. Hospital
    (TransMilenio) The simple-station `Hospital` is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000. Location: The station is located in the city center, specifically at Avenida Caracas with Calles 3 and 4. History: At the beginning of 2001, the second...
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22. Hospital
    A `hospital`, in the modern sense, is an institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment, and often, but not always providing for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays. Its historical meaning, until relatively recent times, was "a place of hospit...
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23. Hospital
    (Link station) `Hospital Station` will be an elevated Sound Transit East Link light rail station in the city of Bellevue, Washington. It is expected to open along with the section of the line to Bellevue in 2020. Location : Hosptial Station will be at NE 8th St. at the east end of Downtown Be...
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