Hospitalism

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounWasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers

2.nounA vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.

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