hospitalism
/hos-pi-tl-iz-uhm/US // ˈhɒs pɪ tlˌɪz əm //
住院主义,住院症,住院服务,住院服务主义
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
- : the adverse mental and physical effects caused by such conditions.
- : the physiological and psychological consequences of living in a hospital, nursing home, etc.
Examples
All that it is allowable here to suggest in this regard may be summed up (although very imperfectly) in the word hospitalism.
He was one of the first to set to work with method to investigate this question of Hospitalism.
I would have 215 liked to have completed hospitalism,” he said, “but I hope some good man will take it up.
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