Place

Definition 1

The particular portion of space occupied by a physical object or intended for a physical object. (NCI Thesaurus)

Definition 2

A bounded physical location which may contain structures. EXAMPLE(S): ambulance, helicopter, manufacturing site, service delivery location, home, emergency department, surgical suite, patient room. NOTE(S): Constraints: Place may be natural or man-made. The geographic position of a place may or may not be constant. Discussion: Places may be work facilities (where relevant acts occur), homes (where people live) or offices (where people work). Places may contain sub-places (floor, room, booth, bed). Places may also be sites that are investigated in the context of health care, social work, public health administration (e.g., buildings, picnic grounds, day care centers, prisons, counties, states, and other focuses of epidemiological events). (NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

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