MEDICAL INSTITUTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An institution created for the practice of medicine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("medical institution" is a kind of...):

establishment; institution (an organization founded and united for a specific purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "medical institution"):

clinic (a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists)

extended care facility (a medical institution that provides prolonged care (as in cases of prolonged illness or rehabilitation from acute illness))

hospital (a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care)