HOSPITAL WARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hospital ward mean? 

• HOSPITAL WARD (noun)
  The noun HOSPITAL WARD has 1 sense:

1. block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care

  Familiarity information: HOSPITAL WARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOSPITAL WARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hospital ward; ward

Context example:

they put her in a 4-bed ward

Hypernyms ("hospital ward" is a kind of...):

block (housing in a large building that is divided into separate units)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hospital ward"):

detox (the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified)

maternity ward (a hospital ward that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants)

Holonyms ("hospital ward" is a part of...):

hospital; infirmary (a health facility where patients receive treatment)

 Context examples 

EXAMPLE(S): The license plate number of an ambulance; An identifier for a bed in a hospital ward

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