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English *noun*: hospital
1.	hospital (artifact) a health facility where patients receive treatment
		Synonyms	infirmary
		Broader (hypernym)	health facility, healthcare facility, medical building
		Narrower (hyponym)	asylum, creche, foundling hospital, insane asylum, institution, lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, lazaretto, maternity hospital, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, military hospital, pesthouse, psychiatric hospital, sanatarium, sanatorium, sanitarium
		Part holonym	burn center, clinic, hospital room, hospital ward, ward

2.	hospital (group) a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
		Broader (hypernym)	medical institution
		Part holonym	coronary care unit, ICU, intensive care unit

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