hospital

1. A health facility where patients receive treatment (synset 103545775)
   is a type of: health facility, healthcare facility, medical building - building where medicine is practiced
   subtypes:

   • creche, foundling hospital - a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
   • lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, lazaretto, 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
   • asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
   • military hospital - hospital for soldiers and other military personnel
   • sanatarium, sanatorium, sanitarium - a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
   has:

   • burn center - a center where patients with severe burns can be treated
   • clinic - a healthcare facility for outpatient care
   • hospital room - a room in a hospital for the care of patients
   • hospital ward, ward - block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
   same as: infirmary
2. A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care (synset 108071169)
   is a type of: medical institution - an institution created for the practice of medicine
   has:

   • coronary care unit - a hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems
   • icu, intensive care unit - a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care

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