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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 patientsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HOSPITAL ROOM (noun)


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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