Dictionary (n.) An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.Thesaurus VA hospital asylum base hospital clinic community hospital convalescent home convalescent hospital evacuation hospital field hospital general hospital home hospital infirmary inpatient clinic maison de sante mental hospital nursing home osteopathic hospital outpatient clinic policlinic polyclinic private hospital proprietary hospital public hospital rest home sanitarium sick bay sickbed sickroom special hospital station hospital surgical hospital teaching hospital veterans hospital voluntary hospital ward well-baby clinic |