Hypertext Webster Gateway: "infirmary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Infirmary \In*firm"a*ry\ ([i^]n*f[~e]rm"[.a]*r[y^]), n.; pl.
{Infirmaries} (-r[i^]z). [Cf. OE. fermerie, OF. enfermerie,
F. infirmerie, LL. infirmaria. See {Infirm}.]
A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and
nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
infirmary
n : a health facility where patients receive treatment [syn: {hospital}]
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