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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hospitalism

· Hos·pi·tal·ism · IPA
01 n. A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
  1. 1.
    A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.(Med.)