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Hospital vs Outpatientclinic - What's the difference?

hospital | outpatientclinic |

hospital

English

(wikipedia hospital)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying. Usually has a staff of doctors and nurses to aid in the treatment of patients.
  • A building founded for the long term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
  • (obsolete) A place of lodging.
  • * , II.ix:
    • they spide a goodly castle, plast / Foreby a riuer in a pleasaunt dale, / Which choosing for that euenings hospitale , / They thither marcht [...].
  • The place and state of being hospitalized.
    • Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital .

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * cottage hospital

    Related terms

    * hospitable * hospitality * hospitaller

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) hospitable
    • (Howell)
    1000 English basic words ----

    outpatientclinic

    Not English

    Outpatientclinic has no English definition. It may be misspelled.