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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. 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.