hospital

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. sanitarium, sanatorium; clinic, pesthouse, infirmary. See remedy.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. clinic, infirmary, sanatorium, sanitarium, dispensary, Red Cross hospital, VA hospital, mental hospital, army hospital, city hospital, public hospital, ship's hospital, veteran's hospital, institution for the physically sick, hospital for the mentally sick, medical center, treatment center, rehabilitation center, valetudinarium, lying-in hospital, health service, outpatient ward, sick bay, detox*, sick house*, repair shop*, croaker joint*.

Medical terms and abbreviations commonly used by hospitals include: acute respiratory disease (ARD), barium enema (BE), basal body temperature (BBT), basal metabolic rate (BMR), blood pressure (BP), cancer (Ca), cardiac care unit, CCU, central nervous system (CNS), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), CT scan, CAT scan, computerized axial tomography, coronary artery bypass surgery (CABS), dilation and curettage, D & C, dose*, dead on arrival, DOA, electrocardiogram, EKG, electroencephalogram, EEG, emergency medical service, EMS, emergency room, ER, fever of undetermined origin (FUO), gastrointestinal (GI), genitourinary (GU), gunshot wound (GSW), hemoglobin (Hb), ideal body weight (IBW), stat ("immediately"), intramuscular (IM), intensive care unit, ICU, intravenous, IV, last menstrual period (LMP), magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, myocardial infarction (MI), normal (n), normal temperature and pressure (NTP), obstetrics and gynecology, OB-GYN, operating room, OR, outpatient department (OPD), PET scan, positron emission tomography, pharmacy, RX, pharm, physical examination (PE), pulse (P), respiration (R), red blood cell (rbc), shortness of breath (SOB), temperature (T), venereal disease (VD), weight (wt), white blood cell (wbc), X-ray.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

medical center, infirmary, clinic, sanatorium, sick bay, dispensary, ward, institution, treatment facility, hospice. ''That blend of penitentiary and third-class hotel.''—Henry Sigerist. see doctor, medicine, nurse, operation, surgery

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun An institution that provides care and shelter: asylum, home, hospice, shelter. See PROTECTION.