infirmary
pronunciation
How to pronounce infirmary in British English:
UK [ɪnˈfɜ:məri]
How to pronounce infirmary in American English:
US [ɪnˈfɜrməri]
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- Noun:
- a health facility where patients receive treatment
Word Origin
- infirmary (n.)
- mid-15c., "sick bay in a monastery," from Medieval Latin infirmaria "a place for the infirm," from Latin infirmus "weak, frail," (see infirm). The common name for a public hospital in 18c. England.
Example
- 1. All they need now are the keys to the infirmary .
- 2. In the infirmary , sara cleans the bandage on michael 's left foot .
- 3. The diagnostics development unit is part of leicester royal infirmary 's a & e department .
- 4. Then he walks across the room and finds the origami crane that he dropped from the infirmary .
- 5. All that is left is for michael to find a way to unlock the door in the infirmary and to figure out how to get lincoln out of ad seg .