Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
abortuary | an anti-abortion term for an abortion clinic. |
asylum | a place of refuge; a hospital for the insane > ASYLA or ASYLUMS. |
bedlam | a lunatic asylum. [From the Bethlehem, a hospital for the insane, in London, corrupted into bedlam]. |
biobank | any large store of human biological samples for research into the genetic and environmental causes of diseases. |
bughouse | an insane asylum. |
cemetery | a burial ground. |
clinic | an institution, or a department of one, or a group of doctors, for treating patients. |
clinical | relating to a clinic > CLINICALLY. |
clinicalness | the state of being CLINICAL. |
clinique | a clinic. |
crem | a crematorium. |
crematorial | relating to a CREMATORIUM. |
crematorium | a place where bodies are cremated > CREMATORIA or CREMATORIUMS. |
crematory | a crematorium. |
cryobank | a place for storing genetic material at low temperature. |
daybed | a bed in a hospital for patients coming in for the day. |
dayroom | a room in a hospital for patients' use during the day. |
deadhouse | a mortuary. |
dispensary | a place where medicines are dispensed. |
emerg | the section of a hospital that deals with emergencies. |
eyebank | a storage place for corneal grafts. |
hospice | a shelter esp for the terminally ill. |
hospital | a medical institution. |
infirmary | a hospital or place for the treatment of the sick. |
lazaret lazarette lazaretto | a hospital treating infectious diseases. |
leprosarium | a hospital for lepers > LEPROSARIUM or LEPROSARIA. |
leproserie leprosery | a hospital for lepers. |
madhouse | a lunatic asylum. |
morgue | a place where dead bodies are laid out . |
mortuary | a place where dead bodies are kept until burial. |
nonclinical | not CLINICAL. |
nonhospital | not linked to a HOSPITAL. |
nosocomial | of or relating to a hospital, e.g. a nosocomial infection is one picked up in hospital. |
nuthouse | a lunatic asylum. |
ozzie | (coll.) a hospital. |
pesthouse | a house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease. |
polyclinic | a clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; especially, an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease. |
rathouse | a psychiatric hospital or asylum. |
resus | (short for) resuscitation room > RESUSES or RESUSSES. |
sanatorium | a hospital, esp for tuberculosis > SANATORIUMS or SANATORIA. |
sanitarium | a hospital, esp for tuberculosis > SANITARIA or SANITARIUMS. |
sanitorium | a hospital, esp for tuberculosis > SANITORIUMS or SANITORIA. |
sickbay | a ship's hospital. |
sickbed | a sick person's bed. |
spital spittle | a hospital, esp. for foul diseases. |
surgery | a doctor's or dentist's consulting room. |