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Hospital To/Into Treatment Visit I Admitted Noun ˈhɒspɪtl

Word3 hospital
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈhɒspɪtl/ /ˈhɑːspɪtl/
Example
  • he had to go to/into hospital for treatment.
  • he had to go to/into the hospital for treatment.
  • i'm going to the hospital to visit my brother.
  • to be admitted to/into (the) hospital
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hospital

(noun)/ˈhɒspɪtl/ /ˈhɑːspɪtl/
  1. a large building where people who are ill or injured are given medical treatment and care
    • SEE ALSO community hospital
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/community-hospital
    • He had to go to/into hospital for treatment.
    • He had to go to/into the hospital for treatment.
    • I'm going to the hospital to visit my brother.
    • to be admitted to/into (the) hospital
    • Arrangements have been made for his admission to (the) hospital.
    • He's been taken to (the) hospital for tests.
    • The injured were rushed to (the) hospital in an ambulance.
    • to leave (the) hospital
    • to be discharged/released from (the) hospital
    • to visit a hospital
    • He died in hospital.
    • He was treated in the hospital for burns.
    • I spent four days in hospital.
    • I was in the hospital for four days.
    • She works in a hospital in New York.
    • She came out of the hospital this morning.
    • Doctors at the hospital decided to keep her in overnight.
    • a private/local hospital
    • a psychiatric/mental hospital
    • a children's hospital
    • The procedure requires a two-to-three-night hospital stay.
    • There is an urgent need for more hospital beds.
    • hospital admissions
    • hospital staff
    • a hospital ward/room
    • hospital treatment/care

    Extra Examples

    • He has been readmitted to hospital.
    • He is in hospital recovering from a heart operation.
    • He was taken to hospital as a precaution.
    • He's had to go into hospital rather suddenly.
    • How long will I have to stay in hospital?
    • I used to work as a cleaner in a hospital.
    • She works at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
    • We went to the hospital to visit my gran.
    • He was admitted to hospital complaining of chest pains.
    • She was discharged from hospital and allowed to go home.
    • There is a shortage of hospital beds.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (originally meaning a hospice run by the Knights Hospitallers in the 11th century): via Old French from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.
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