Hospital word meaning and definition

Beside meaning and definition for word "hospital", on this page you can find other interesting information too, like synonyms or related words. On bottom of the page we have fun area, like tarot cards, numerology for these Eight characters, how to write "hospital" with bar codes or hand signs and more.. Table of Contents:

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Meaning and definition for "hospital" word

[noun] a health facility where patients receive treatment
[noun] a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care

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\Hos"pi*tal\, n. [OF. hospital, ospital, F. h[^o]pital, LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See {Host} a landlord, and cf. {Hostel}, {Hotel}, {Spital}.] 1. A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for. {Hospital ship}, a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital. {Hospital Sunday}, a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday.
\Hos"pi*tal\, a. [L. hospitalis: cf. OF. hospital.] Hospitable. [Obs.] --Howell.

Synonyms for hospital

infirmary

Related terms: asylum, base hospital, clinic, community hospital, convalescent home, convalescent hospital, dispensary, evacuation hospital, field hospital, general hospital, home, infirmary, inpatient clinic, maison de sante, mental hospital, nursing home, osteopathic hospital, outpatient clinic, policlinic, polyclinic, private hospital, proprietary hospital, public hospital, rest home, sanatorium, sanitarium, sick bay, sickbed, sickroom, special hospital, station hospital, surgical hospital, teaching hospital, VA hospital, veterans hospital, voluntary hospital, ward, well-baby clinic

The fun area, different aproach to word »hospital«

Let's analyse "hospital" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Three syllables and Three vowels. 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: LATIPSOH. Average typing speed for these characters is 2225 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: hospital: 6 + 9 + 1 = 16, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: hospital: 8 + 6 + 1 + 7 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 3 = 37, reduced: 1, and the final result is One.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
H (1)	8	Strength	Couragous, Faithful, Caring
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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