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INFIRMARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A health facility where patients receive treatment
Synonyms:
hospital; infirmary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("infirmary" is a kind of...):
health facility; healthcare facility; medical building (building where medicine is practiced)
Meronyms (parts of "infirmary"):
burn center (a center where patients with severe burns can be treated)
clinic (a healthcare facility for outpatient care)
hospital room (a room in a hospital for the care of patients)
hospital ward; ward (block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "infirmary"):
creche; foundling hospital (a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for)
lazar house; lazaret; lazarette; lazaretto; pesthouse (hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy))
maternity hospital (a hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants)
asylum; insane asylum; institution; mental home; mental hospital; mental institution; psychiatric hospital (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)
military hospital (hospital for soldiers and other military personnel)
sanatarium; sanatorium; sanitarium (a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases)
