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Hospital vs Polyclinic - What's the difference?

hospital | polyclinic |

As nouns the difference between hospital and polyclinic

is that hospital is 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 while polyclinic is a clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease.

As an adjective hospital

is hospitable.

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

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) hospitable
  • (Howell)
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    polyclinic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease.
  • Usage notes

    Not to be confused with policlinic, a very rare term (pronounced the same way) not found in most UK dictionaries and only rarely used by US medical professionals for the outpatient clinic or outpatient department of a European hospital.

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