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hospitalism

noun

Etymology

From hospital + -ism.

  1. derived from hospitālis
  2. derived from hospitālis
  3. derived from hospital
  4. inherited from hospital
  5. suffixed as hospitalism — “hospital + ism”

Definitions

  1. wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with…

    wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers

  2. A spoiled or degenerate condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or…

    A spoiled or degenerate condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA