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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vessel fitted up for the care of sick or wounded seamen, or of patients taken from a ship in quarantine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large ship that is intended to serve as a mobile
hospital with appropriate equipment and personnel.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a ship built to serve as a hospital; used for wounded in wartime
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