hospital

noun

Definition of hospitalnext
as in infirmary
a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured She spent several days in the hospital after the accident.

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Recent Examples of hospital Better hospital data could become an early-warning system rather than a retrospective record of a crisis already underway. — Dr. Shravani Durbhakula, Time, 1 Nov. 2026 Most people get better after four to seven days of stomachaches and diarrhea, but people head for hospitals if the diarrhea gets bloody. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026 Both were taken to the hospital where one was pronounced dead. — Eric MacK , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026 The Sudan Doctors Network warned the outages endanger hospitals, dialysis centers and blood banks, and threaten the cold storage needed for medicines and vaccines. — Hamza Fahmy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hospital
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  1. infirmary
  2. clinic
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  • When Rafael Rodríguez Rapún (Miguel Bernardeau), a Republican freedom fighter with piercing eyes and a lower abdominal wound, is wheeled into the infirmary, Sebastián is assigned to watch over him and extract information.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026
  • For instance, Bell once figured out the route a patient had taken walking to the infirmary by identifying the type of clay on the patient’s boots—an incident Doyle used in The Sign of the Four.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of infirmary
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  • This initiative would require certain private nonprofit healthcare clinics to spend at least 90% of their annual total revenue on patient services.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • After tracing the same woodland route that Kino used to enjoy with her father, Kai books an appointment and heads to the remote clinic—housed right within the girls’ old family home.
    — James Marsh, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of clinic

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“Hospital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospital. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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