| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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