[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hospital \hos"pital\, n. of. hospital, ospital, f. h^opital,
   ll. hospitale or perh. e. hospital is directly from the late
   latin, from l. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia
   apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. see host a
   landlord, and cf. hostel, hotel, spital.
   1. a place for shelter or entertainment; an inn. obs.
      --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. a building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are
      received and treated; a public or private institution
      founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of
      persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or
      dependent, and in which they are treated either at their
      own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part;
      a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded
      of an army cared for.
      1913 webster

   hospital ship, a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital.
      

   hospital sunday, a sunday set apart for simultaneous
      contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the london
      hospital sunday.
      1913 webster
see also:
host hostel hotel spital hospital ship hospital sunday 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hospital \hos"pital\, a. l. hospitalis: cf. of. hospital.
   hospitable. obs. --howell.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hospital
     n 1: a health facility where patients receive treatment syn: infirmary
     2: a medical institution where sick or injured people are given
        medical or surgical care
see also:
infirmary 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 moby thesaurus words for "hospital":
   va hospital, asylum, base hospital, clinic, community hospital,
   convalescent home, convalescent hospital, dispensary,
   evacuation hospital, field hospital, general hospital, home,
   infirmary, inpatient clinic, maison de sante, mental hospital,
   nursing home, osteopathic hospital, outpatient clinic, policlinic,
   polyclinic, private hospital, proprietary hospital,
   public hospital, rest home, sanatorium, sanitarium, sick bay,
   sickbed, sickroom, special hospital, station hospital,
   surgical hospital, teaching hospital, veterans hospital,
   voluntary hospital, ward, well-baby clinic

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