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Hospitalism vs Hospitalist - What's the difference?

hospitalism | hospitalist |

As nouns the difference between hospitalism and hospitalist

is that hospitalism is (psychology) wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers while hospitalist is a hospitaller.

hospitalism

English

Noun

(wikipedia hospitalism) (-)
  • (psychology) wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers
  • (medicine, dated) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
    • (Webster 1913)

    hospitalist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hospitaller
  • (US) A physician who specializes in the care of hospital in-patients

    • References

    *OED 2006