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| ambulance |
a vehicle that carries people who are sick or hurt to a hospital. |
| candy striper |
a teenage female volunteer at a hospital. |
| casualty |
(chiefly British) the emergency room of a hospital. [1/5 definitions] |
| chaplain |
a member of the clergy who leads religious services and does counseling for a military unit, a hospital, or other group. |
| chief of staff |
any head of a staff, as in a hospital. [1/2 definitions] |
| clinic |
a place that gives medical treatment to people who do not need to stay in a hospital. |
| commit |
to put under the care or control of a person or institution, such as a prison or mental hospital. [1/3 definitions] |
| commitment |
confinement, as in a mental hospital. [1/4 definitions] |
| cottage |
a small, detached dwelling, used for temporary periods, as at a resort, school, hospital facility, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| discharge |
to release from a place, such as a prison or hospital. [1/6 definitions] |
| dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. [1/2 definitions] |
| field hospital |
a hospital-like facility set up for emergency treatment of soldiers near the fighting zone. |
| fingerprint |
a mark made by the tip of a finger on an object that it has touched. Police and hospital records keep fingerprints made by a finger dipped in ink. These are used for identification, because no two people have the same fingerprint. [1/2 definitions] |
| gift shop |
a usually small store, especially one at a hospital or in a tourist area, that specializes in selling things that serve well as presents. |
| gurney |
a padded hospital stretcher on wheels, used to transport patients. |
| hospitalization insurance |
insurance held by an individual or family which pays for expenses incurred due to hospital stays and treatment. |
| hospitalize |
to place in a hospital for medical treatment. |
| house arrest |
legal confinement of a person under arrest in his or her home, a hospital, or a public building rather than in jail or prison. |
| house physician |
the resident physician of a hospital, hotel, or other establishment. |
| infirmary |
a place for the care of the ill or injured, such as a hospital or clinic, or a space devoted to such care in an institutional residence such as a school or camp. |
| inmate |
someone who is restricted to a jail, hospital, or the like. |
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