English Explanatory Dictionary

hospitalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers
  2. A spoiled or degenerate condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.

Word forms

hospitalism

Etymology

From hospital + -ism.

Synonyms

hospital-associated deconditioning HAD
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