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nursing home

–noun
1. a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
2. Chiefly British. a small private hospital; a small hospital owned by one person or a group of individuals and supported solely by the fees of patients.

Origin:
1895–1900
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nursing home  
n.  A private establishment that provides living quarters and care for the elderly or the chronically ill.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: nursing home
Function: noun
: a privately operated establishment where maintenance and personal or nursing care are provided for persons (as the aged or thechronically ill) who are unable to care for themselves properly —compare REST HOME
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

nursing home n.
A private establishment that provides living quarters and care for the elderly or the chronically ill.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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