mental hospital

mental hospital
noun
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
Derivationally related forms: ↑institutional (for: ↑institution), ↑institutionalize (for: ↑institution), ↑institutionalise (for: ↑institution)
Hypernyms: ↑hospital, ↑infirmary
Hyponyms:

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mental home or mental hospital noun (old)
A home or hospital for people with mental illness
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Main Entry:mental

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mental hospital UK US noun [countable] [singular mental hospital plural mental hospitals] old-fashioned
a psychiatric hospital This word is no longer considered polite .
Thesaurus: places where people receive medical carehyponym

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