hospital
noun
hos·pi·tal
ˈhä-(ˌ)spi-tᵊl 
often attributive
1
: a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm, or young
2
: an institution where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care
—usually used in British English without an article after a preposition
3
: a repair shop for specified small objects
a clock hospital
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The hospital aims to advance research and treatment methods for pediatric catastrophic diseases.
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Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Consider the example of the Lego Foundation donating Lego versions of MRI scanners to hospitals across the world.
—Lis Anderson, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Those members see only summaries of medical records stripped of personal details, and their findings on individual cases are not supposed to be shared with the public — not even with hospitals or with family members of women who died.
—Amy Yurkanin, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
More:Strike averted: University of Michigan Health, SEIU reach tentative contract agreement
Another group of unionized workers at U-M Health Sparrow is planning an informational picket from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday outside the hospital on E. Michigan Avenue in Lansing.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Consider the example of the Lego Foundation donating Lego versions of MRI scanners to hospitals across the world.
—Lis Anderson, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Those members see only summaries of medical records stripped of personal details, and their findings on individual cases are not supposed to be shared with the public — not even with hospitals or with family members of women who died.
—Amy Yurkanin, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
More:Strike averted: University of Michigan Health, SEIU reach tentative contract agreement
Another group of unionized workers at U-M Health Sparrow is planning an informational picket from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday outside the hospital on E. Michigan Avenue in Lansing.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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hospital
noun
hos·pi·tal
ˈhäs-ˌpit-ᵊl
: an institution where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care
Etymology
Middle English hospital "a stopping place for travelers, a place that cares for people too old, sick, or poor to care for themselves," from early French hospital (same meaning), derived from Latin hospitale "hospice, guest house," from hospitalis "of a guest," from hospit-, hospes "host, stranger, guest," from hostis "stranger, enemy" — related to hospitality, host entry 1, host entry 2, hostile, hotel
Medical Definition
hospital
noun
hos·pi·tal
ˈhäs-ˌpit-ᵊl
often attributive
1
: a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm, or young
2
a
: an institution where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care
—when used in British English following a preposition, the article is usually omitted
came and saw me in hospital—Robert Graves
Robert Graves
b
: a place for the care and treatment of sick and injured animals
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