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Person > Healthy > Treat disease > Hospital

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2.5.7.4Hospital  

Definition

  • Use this domain for words that refer to a place where the sick and injured are treated.

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Scope note

  • What words refer to a place where the sick and injured are treated? hospital, infirmary, hospice, clinic, medical center, health center, doctor's office, the doctor's, dispensary, aid post/station, nursing home. What words refer to a hospital for people who are mentally ill? mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, institution, asylum. What are the parts of a hospital? ward, unit, operating room, operating theater, emergency room, casualty department, accident and emergency, lab, x-ray room, nurses' station, intensive care, surgery, waiting room, mortuary, morgue. What words refer to a place where medicine is kept or given out? pharmacy, medicine cabinet. What words refer to a vehicle for transporting the injured? ambulance, hospital ship. What words refer to putting someone in the hospital? hospitalize. What words refer to a sick person in a hospital? patient, inpatient, outpatient. What words refer to being a patient in a hospital? go to the hospital, have someone in, stay in the hospital, hospital stay, admit, discharge.

Notation

  • 2.5.7.4

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https://w3id.org/MoRe-SFB1475/CT/concepts/3676132177

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