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general hospital

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables
gen-er-al hos-pi-tal
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hospital which is not specialized in a specific form of care, but has a broad array of services, functioning in most areas of hospital care.

Etymology

From general + hospital. From being non-specialized, which functions in most, or all areas of hospital care.

Inflected Forms

general hospitals (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

trauma centre trauma center

Questions

What does general hospital mean?
A hospital which is not specialized in a specific form of care, but has a broad array of services, functioning in most areas of hospital care.
Where does general hospital come from?
From general + hospital. From being non-specialized, which functions in most, or all areas of hospital care.

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