HyperDic: mental_institution

English > 1 sense of the expression mental institution:
NOUNartifactmental institution, mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asyluma hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
English > mental institution: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person.
Synonymsmental hospital, psychiatric hospital, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum
NarrowerBedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pitpejorative terms for an insane asylum
Broaderhospital, infirmaryA health facility where patients receive treatment
Spanishhospital psiquiátrico, manicomio, psiquiátrico, siquiátrico
Catalanhospital psiquiàtric, manicomi, psiquiàtric

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