a place where people are treated for illness or injuries
place where ill, injured are treated
Cases of word usage
1) a vehicle designed for carrying people who are ill or injured to a hospital (ambulance)
2) (to make) a short, high-pitched signal (e.g. in a hospital to call a doctor) (bleep)
3) a priest or clergyman in the armed forces, a hospital etc (chaplain)
4) (a part of) a hospital or small institution where medical advice and treatment are given (clinic)
5) a place where medicines are given out e.g. in a hospital (dispensary)
6) a hospital (the usual word); (in an institution etc) a room used for people who are ill or injured (infirmary)
7) a professional person who cares for people who are ill or injured (in a hospital etc); a woman employed to look after babies and young children in a family (nurse)
8) a person visiting a hospital for treatment but not living there (out-patient)
9) a daughter of the same parents as oneself or another person; a woman who behaves like a sister; a senior hospital nurse; a member of a religious society; nun (sister)