'Infirmary' definitions:
Definition of 'infirmary'
(from WordNet)
noun
A health facility where patients receive treatment [syn: hospital, infirmary]
Definition of 'Infirmary'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'infirmary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asylum,
- base hospital,
- clinic,
- community hospital,
- convalescent home,
- convalescent hospital,
- dispensary,
- evacuation hospital,
- field hospital,
- general hospital,
- home,
- hospital,
- inpatient clinic,
- maison de sante,
- mental hospital,
- nursing home,
- osteopathic hospital,
- outpatient clinic,
- policlinic,
- polyclinic,
- private hospital,
- proprietary hospital,
- public hospital,
- rest home,
- sanatorium,
- sick bay,
- sickbed,
- sickroom,
- special hospital,
- station hospital,
- surgery,
- surgical hospital,
- teaching hospital,
- VA hospital,
- veterans hospital,
- voluntary hospital,
- ward,
- well-baby clinic