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Definition of infirmary
infirmaries
1 : a place (as in a school or prison) where sick or injured individuals receive care and treatment
2 : a large medical facility : hospital Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
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Examples of infirmary in a Sentence
One of the students became ill and was sent to the infirmary.
Recent Examples of infirmary from the Web
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A few blocks away, the Los Alamos History Museum, located in what was once the school’s infirmary, served during the war as guest quarters, especially for Groves, who was based in Washington, D.C.
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Large swaths of his skin had peeled from his body by the time he was carried to the infirmary.
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Civil War Infirmary Building - Montpelier, Vermont Many a Civil War soldier made his way to this historic building that once served as an infirmary.
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Photographs of Rainey’s body, taken in the prison infirmary after his death, show pieces of skin peeling off nearly every area of his body, from the tip of his nose to his legs.
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A second inmate who was also stabbed in the incident, but he was treated at the facility's infirmary.
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He’s accused of trying to bite a corrections deputy and refusing orders to enter his cell after a visit to the jail infirmary, according to a report.
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A bus took the survivors to an infirmary, where, Doehner said, a nurse gave him a needle to burst his blisters.
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In Alabama, three inmates died of natural causes in 2015 and a fourth hanged himself that year inside a prison infirmary, according to corrections officials and local media reports.
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First Known Use of infirmary
15th century
INFIRMARY Defined for English Language Learners
infirmary
playDefinition of infirmary for English Language Learners
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: a place where sick people stay and are cared for in a school, prison, summer camp, etc.
INFIRMARY Defined for Kids
infirmary
playDefinition of infirmary for Students
infirmaries
: a place for the care and housing of sick people
Medical Dictionary
infirmary
playMedical Definition of infirmary
infirmaries
: a place especially in a school or college for the care and treatment of the sick
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