Толковый словарь английского языка - hospital
Hospital
hospital
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~e hospice, guest house, from neuter of Latin ~is of a guest, from hospit-, hospes Date: 14th century a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm, or young, an institution where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care, a repair shop for specified small objects
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n. 1 an institution providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for ill or injured people. 2 hist. a a hospice. b an establishment of the Knights Hospitallers. 3 Law a charitable institution (also in proper names, e.g. Christ's Hospital). Phrases and idioms hospital corners a way of tucking in sheets, used by nurses. hospital fever a kind of typhus formerly prevalent in crowded hospitals. hospital ship a ship to receive sick and wounded seamen, or to take sick and wounded soldiers home. hospital train a train taking wounded soldiers from a battlefield. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L hospitale neut. of L hospitalis (adj.) (as HOST(2)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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