hospital

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a health facility where patients receive treatment
  2. noun a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care

Etymology

From Middle English hospital, hospitall, from Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hotel and hostel. Displaced native Middle English lechehous, from Old English lǣċehūs (literally “doctor house”).

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infirmary

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