v
(transitive) To aid in an accouchement.
n
(Britain) The accident and emergency department of a hospital providing immediate treatment; a casualty department or emergency room.
adj
Pertaining to beds or rest.
n
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
n
(education) A medical student's session spent in a real-world nursing environment.
n
Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing practice, or allied health providers in practice).
n
Archaic spelling of clinic. [A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.]
v
To assist in the birth of.
n
(dated) Synonym of pharmacy, particularly one included in a hospital that does not act as a point of sale.
n
A clinic where one or more doctors receives patients for their medical care.
n
Synonym of hallway medicine
n
Synonym of hallway medicine
n
US standard form of health centre. [A clinic staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses]
n
A clinic staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses
n
Synonym of medical tourism
n
Alternative spelling of health care [The prevention, treatment, and management of illness or the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions.]
n
Alternative spelling of health centre [A clinic staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses]
n
A situation and a set of trends in healthcare.
n
Health care provided in the patient's home by healthcare professionals.
adj
being treated in a hospital
n
The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.
n
(medicine) Treatment of a patient at his or her own home.
n
Alternative spelling of inpatient [(healthcare) A patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.]
n
A clinic or dispensary within another institution.
n
(healthcare) A patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.
n
The area inside a domicile.
n
(US) Synonym of hospital
n
Alternative spelling of outpatient [(healthcare) A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.]
n
(healthcare) A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.
n
A specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients.
n
(medicine, often attributively) The time and location at which clinicians deliver medical care and healthcare services to patients.
n
(US, medicine, very rare) An outpatient clinic, especially of a hospital.
n
(healthcare) The medical attention that a patient receives upon first contact with a healthcare system; either a general practitioner or the A&E or ER department of a hospital.
n
Synonym of primary care.
n
(countable, obsolete) A place of seclusion.
n
(medicine) The healthcare services provided by medical specialists who generally do not have first contact with patients, e.g. cardiologists, urologists, or endodontists. It includes short-term care for acute conditions such as injury and childbirth.
n
(medicine) Health care treatment requiring very specialized expertise and advanced equipment and usually delivered within a medical facility.
n
(UK) A specialized section of a hospital intended to treat suddenly occurring life-threatening injuries and medical conditions.
n
(US) A medical facility, not part of a hospital, where emergency treatment can be given.
v
(historical) To study under clinical instruction at a general hospital or infirmary.
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