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HOSPITAL ROOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hospital room mean?
• HOSPITAL ROOM (noun)
The noun HOSPITAL ROOM has 1 sense:
1. a room in a hospital for the care of patients
Familiarity information: HOSPITAL ROOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A room in a hospital for the care of patients
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hospital room" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hospital room"):
emergency room; ER (a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment)
operating room; operating theater; operating theatre; OR; surgery (a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations)
recovery room (a hospital room for the care of patients immediately after surgery)
Holonyms ("hospital room" is a part of...):
hospital; infirmary (a health facility where patients receive treatment)
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