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Hospital - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Hospital : (noun)
1: a health facility where patients receive treatment [syn: infirmary]
2: a medical institution where sick or injured people are given
medical or surgical care
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Hospital : \Hos"pi*tal\, a. [L. hospitalis: cf. OF. hospital.]
Hospitable. [Obs.] --Howell.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Hospital : \Hos"pi*tal\, n. [OF. hospital, ospital, F. h[^o]pital,
LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late
Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia
apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See Host a
landlord, and cf. Hostel, Hotel, Spital.]
1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
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 they are treated either at their
own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part;
a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded
of an army cared for.
Hospital ship, a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital.
Hospital Sunday, a Sunday set apart for simultaneous
contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London
Hospital Sunday.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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 visitor. Based on "hospes" came the Latin "hospitalia", an apartment for strangers or
guests, and the medieval Latin "hospitale" and the Old French "hospital." It crossed the Channel in the 14th century and in England began a shift in the 15th century to mean a home for the elderly or
infirm or a home for the down-and-out.
"Hospital" only took on its modern meaning as "an institution where sick or injured are given medical or surgical care" in the 16th century. Other terms related to hospital include hospice,
hospitality, hospitable, host, hostel and hotel. The Hotel-Dieu, a name often given to a hospital in France during the Middle Ages, is the hotel (of) God.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Hospital |
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malken19: Is patiently waiting to see a doctor. Oh how he hates the Hospital. Hopefully this will not be a long ass ordeal... http://loopt.us/cAJ_pA.t |
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awesome_engine: Right. Feeling sufficiently crappy to provide a good example of my hearing/balance problems at Hospital tomorrow. Now: sleep! |
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LiveJornal: Pacientes podem fumar maconha dentro de Hospital em Israel: País liberou uso da erva para fins medicinais no in.. http://bit.ly/5u59KJ |
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