Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured, especially a small hospital or dispensary in an institution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place for the treatment of the infirm, or persons suffering from disease or injury.
- noun More particularly
- noun A general hospital for the inhabitants of a small town, or for the members of an institution, as a convent or school.
- noun A bureau or office for gratuitous aid and advice to outdoor patients in general, or for the treatment of special infirmities or deformities, as of the eye, ear, throat, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A place where
sick orinjured people are cared for, especially a smallhospital ;sickhouse . - noun A
clinic ordispensary within anotherinstitution .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a health facility where patients receive treatment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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In one corner of a large, unpainted building was what he called the infirmary, and a comfortless looking place it was.
Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Austin Bidwell
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Note 80: A doctor in the infirmary is mentioned in TSB, 42. back
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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With the com unit in hand, she called the infirmary to ask how Kamiton was.
Freedoms Challenge McCaffrey, Anne 1998
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The impact of the news upon Stephen, semi-delirious in the school infirmary, is registered in the
James Joyce 1946
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I wanted some time alone to think, to get my head on straight, and the infirmary was the only answer.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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I wanted some time alone to think, to get my head on straight, and the infirmary was the only answer.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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Kind of like when the typical western-themed summer camp names their infirmary “wounded knee”.
Oh Glorious Day | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2010
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I wanted some time alone to think, to get my head on straight, and the infirmary was the only answer.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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I wanted some time alone to think, to get my head on straight, and the infirmary was the only answer.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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I wanted some time alone to think, to get my head on straight, and the infirmary was the only answer.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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