Topic: HOSPITAL
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | weard 'guarding' |
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ward1 W3
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[countable]1MH a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay
maternity/general/geriatric etc ward (=a ward for people with a particular medical condition)
2PPV one of the small areas that a city has been divided into for the purpose of local elections [↪ constituency]
3 lawSSCSCL someone, especially a child, who is under the legal protection of another person or of a law court :
WORD FOCUS: hospital WORD FOCUS: hospital
types of hospital: medical center American English (a big hospital)
maternity hospital (for women who are having a baby)
mental hospital/psychiatric hospital (for people who are mentally ill)
clinic (for people receiving a particular kind of treatment)
hospice (for people who are dying)
nursing home (for old people)
parts of a hospital: A&E also casualty British English, emergency room American English, operating theatre British English/operating room American English, ward, unit
people in a hospital: doctor, nurse, surgeon, patient, orderly
➔ See also hospital
WORD FOCUS: hospital types of hospital: medical center American English (a big hospital)
maternity hospital (for women who are having a baby)
mental hospital/psychiatric hospital (for people who are mentally ill)
clinic (for people receiving a particular kind of treatment)
hospice (for people who are dying)
nursing home (for old people)
parts of a hospital: A&E also casualty British English, emergency room American English, operating theatre British English/operating room American English, ward, unit
people in a hospital: doctor, nurse, surgeon, patient, orderly
➔ See also hospital
