infirmary
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mə noun, plural in·fir·ma·ries.
1.
a place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured; hospital or facility serving as a hospital: a school infirmary.
2.
a dispensary.
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| —n , pl -ries | |
| a place for the treatment of the sick or injured; dispensary; hospital | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
infirmary
1451, from M.L. infirmaria, from L. infirmus "weak, frail," (see infirm). The common name for a public hospital in 18c. England.
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Medical Dictionary
infirmary in·fir·ma·ry (ĭn-fûr'mə-rē)
n.
A place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured, especially a small hospital or clinic in an institution or school.
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Example sentences
Next is the infirmary-a nurse is unsure what certain medicines do and how they should be stored.
It had an outside door, but the other door went right into an infirmary hallway.
She would then receive a crew cut, a uniform and a private room in the college infirmary.
The only thing remotely close to a hospital was an infirmary.
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