- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
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a place where sick or hurt people go to find care or help.
Mr. Walker had to go to the hospital for an operation.
- similar words:
- clinic, institution
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The words
hospital and
hospitality both come from a Latin word for "guest-house." During the Middle Ages in England, houses of shelter for the poor and needy were called "hospitals." "Hospital" did not mean "a place for sick people" until 1549.