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Hospital

A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.

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Asylum 76% connected

A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sac…

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Institution 76% connected

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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Lazaret 76% connected

Alt. of Lazaretto

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Lazaretto 76% connected

A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.

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Pesthouse 76% connected

A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease.

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Sanatorium 76% connected

An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.

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Sanitarium 76% connected

A health station or retreat; a sanatorium.

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Clinic 70% connected

One confined to the bed by sickness.

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Ward 70% connected

The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.

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Infirmary 92% connected

A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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