HOSPITAL

1. _________  a building, often large, where injured or ill people are looked after by doctors and
nurses.

2. _________ a building where people who need not stay in hospital get special medical treatment or
advice.

3. _________  a place where several doctors have their surgeries and people visit them if they have
a health problem.

4. _________  a place where old and ill people live and are looked after.

5. _________  a hospital for terminally ill patients.

6. _________  a hospital where people are looked after, often those who are disabled or mentally
ill.

7. _________  a facility that treats people with mental problems/problems with drugs/alcohol.

8. _________  a special hospital for patients suffering or recovering from a long-term disease.

9. _________  often used with names of hospitals.


CLINIC           RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY            HEALTH CENTRE

      INSTITUTION
HOSPITAL                 INFIRMARY

                     NURSING HOME            SANATORIUM                HOSPICE




úrazová nemocnice                                                      domov důchodců

všeobecná nemocnice                                                  zotavovna

krajská nemocnice                                                       lékařské středisko

fakultní nemocnice                                                       lékařské zařízení

protialkoholová klinika/poradna                                     alergologická poradna

klinika/poradna pro léčbu závislostí                                logopedická poradna


Taken from:

Jaroščák, M. (2005) English-Czech Thematic Dictionary – The Physical Side of Humans. Nakladelství
Olomouc.