hospital

as in infirmary
a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured She spent several days in the hospital after the accident.

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Recent Examples on the Web Jett was taken to a hospital and put on life support but later died from her injuries, according to a GoFundMe page posted by a family friend. Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024 State of play: The 1993 National Voter Registration Act allowed hospitals and other health care facilities to provide nonpartisan voting information and register voters onsite. Maya Goldman, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024 After the mine closed in 1953 and the need for the hospital diminished, the building fell into disrepair, standing vacant for decades. Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024 El Fasher -- once a key humanitarian hub and safe-haven to hundreds of thousands who fled from other parts of Sudan -- is now on the brink of collapse, with hospitals, markets, schools, targeted, according to international observers. Emma Ogao, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hospital 

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“Hospital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospital. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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