Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hygienic evils incident to old, crowded, and carelessly conducted hospitals, especially the liability under such conditions to erysipelas, septicemia, etc. The term was introduced by Sir J. Simpson of Edinburgh in 1869.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun psychology
wasting away ofinfants in long-terminstitutional care , caused by lack of contact withcaregivers - noun medicine, dated A
vitiated condition of the body, due to longconfinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
Etymologies
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hospital + -ism
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Examples
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As a result of what he named “hospitalism,” Spitz described the development of a condition called “marasmus,” in which children became depressed and withdrawn, failed to thrive and develop, and in many instances became sickly and died.
Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice EDA G. GOLDSTEIN 2001
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As a result of what he named “hospitalism,” Spitz described the development of a condition called “marasmus,” in which children became depressed and withdrawn, failed to thrive and develop, and in many instances became sickly and died.
Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice EDA G. GOLDSTEIN 2001
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