English > infirmary: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A health facility where patients receive treatment. |
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| Synonym | hospital |
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| Parts | burn center | A center where patients with severe burns can be treated |
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| clinic | A healthcare facility for outpatient care |
| hospital room | A room in a hospital / hospital for the care of patients |
| ward, hospital ward | Block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care |
| Narrower | creche, foundling hospital | A hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for |
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| lazaretto, lazaret, lazarette, lazar house, pesthouse | hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) |
| maternity hospital | A hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants |
| mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum | A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
| military hospital | hospital for soldiers and other military personnel |
| sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitarium | A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases |
| Broader | medical building, health facility, healthcare facility | building where medicine is practiced |
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| Spanish | clínica, enfermería, hospitales, hospital |
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| Catalan | clínica, hospital, infermeria |
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