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hospital
1 different kinds of hospital 2 parts of a hospital 3 people in a hospital 4 going into hospital 5 treatment in hospital see also DOCTOR, ILLNESS, MEDICINE
1 different kinds of hospital - a place where ill or injured people are looked after: hospital My sister works in a local hospital. ◎ a private hospital ◎ an NHS (= National Health Service) hospital ◎ I've got to go into hospital. - a small hospital or a part of a larger hospital where you go for special treatment: clinic He's being treated in a private clinic. ◎ the family planning clinic - a hospital where women have babies: maternity hospital - a hospital for people with illnesses of the mind: mental hospital, psychiatric hospital - a small private hospital, especially for old people: nursing home - a special hospital where people who are dying are cared for: hospice Note: there is no the before hospital when you are talking about a person going there or being there because they are ill. He's very ill in hospital.; the is used before hospital when you are talking about going there as a visitor or when you talk about sb who works in a hospital: 'Is Mary home yet?' 'No. In fact I'm going to the hospital this afternoon to see her.' ◎ My brother works at/in the hospital.
2 parts of a hospital - a separate part or room in a hospital: ward the children's ward ◎ Where's Ward 7, please? - the part of a hospital where people who have been injured in accidents are taken for immediate treatment: casualty (department), accident and emergency (department) (abbreviation A and E) The casualty department is always very busy on Saturday nights. ◎ He was taken to casualty after the accident. - the place where operations are done: (operating) theatre - the place where patients who are very seriously ill or injured receive special care: intensive care (noun U) He was in intensive care for five days after the accident. - the place where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or burned: mortuary, morgue
3 people in a hospital - a person who is receiving medical treatment: patient Has the patient been examined by a doctor? - a person who goes to see a doctor in a hospital but does not stay overnight: out-patient the out-patients' department - a doctor with special or deep knowledge of a particular area of medicine: specialist My doctor says I need to see a specialist. ◎ a heart specialist (= a specialist in illnesses of the heart) - a senior specialist doctor in a hospital: consultant a consultant gynaecologist - a doctor who performs medical operations: surgeon - a person who looks after sick or injured people: nurse - the work done by nurses: nursing (noun U) a career in nursing - a female nurse who is in charge of a ward in a hospital: sister
4 going into hospital - when you have to be treated in hospital and spend more than a day there, you go* into hospital She's going into hospital for an operation. - a special vehicle for taking ill or injured people to and from hospital: ambulance I called an ambulance to take her to hospital. - to take sb into hospital as a patient: admit sb, (informal) have sb in He was admitted at 11.30. ◎ The doctor told me they would have to have me in for a few days to try to find out what was wrong. - to spend more than one day in hospital: stay She stayed in hospital for six weeks. - to allow sb to leave hospital and go home: discharge sb I'm hoping to be discharged tomorrow.
5 treatment in hospital - what is done to make sb get better: treatment (noun C/U) a new treatment for lung cancer ◎ free treatment on the NHS - to give medical treatment to sb who is ill: look after sb - to make sb healthy again: cure sb (of sth) The treatment cured her of cancer. - a kind of photograph that shows the bones and organs of a person or animal: X-ray; to take this kind of photograph: X-ray sb/sth, take* an X-ray (of sb/sth) We're going to X-ray your hand to check that no bones are broken. - the place where X-rays are done: X-ray department - medical treatment in which your body is cut open so that part of it can be removed or repaired: operation, surgery (noun U); verb: operate (on sb/sth) The operation on his knee was a success. ◎ She needed immediate surgery. ◎ He was operated on for cancer. ※ more on operations OPERATION
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