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hos⋅pice

  [hos-pis]
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1. a house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers, etc., esp. one kept by a religious order.
2. Medicine/Medical.
a. a health-care facility for the terminally ill that emphasizes pain control and emotional support for the patient and family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.
b. a similar program of care and support for the terminally ill at home.
Origin:
1810–20; < F < L hospitium hospitium
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hos·pice   (hŏs'pĭs)   
n.  
  1. A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
  2. A program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient facility or at the patient's home.

[French, from Old French, from Latin hospitium, hospitality, from hospes, hospit-, host; see ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots.]
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Hospice

Hos"pice\, n. [F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See Host a landlord.] A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.
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hospice 
1818, "rest house for travelers," from Fr. hospice, from L. hospitum "guest house, hospitality," from hospes (gen. hospitis) "guest, host" (see host (1)). Sense of "home for the aged and terminally ill " is from 1893; hospice movement first attested 1979.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: hos·pice
Pronunciation: 'häs-p&s
Function: noun
: a facility or program designed to provide a caring environment for supplyingthe physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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hospice hos·pice (hŏs'pĭs)
n.
A program or facility that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional, spiritual, social, and financial needs of terminally ill patients at a facility or at a patient's home.

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