infirmary

English

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Wikipedia

An infirmary in an American high school.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin infirmaria, from Latin infirmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɝməɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

infirmary (plural infirmaries)

1. A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
   • 2015, Minister for Home Affairs, “Regulation 7”, in Prevention of Terrorism (Detained Persons) Regulations 2015‎, archived from the original on 28 August 2023, page 92:

     There shall be provided an infirmary or a place for the treatment of sick detained person in every place of detention.

2. A clinic or dispensary within another institution.

Translations

place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital

Arabic: مُسْتَشْفًى (ar) m (mustašfan), مَشْفًى (ar) m (mašfan) Basque: erizaindegi Belarusian: лазарэ́т m (lazarét), медпу́нкт m (mjedpúnkt) (e.g. at school, factory), санча́сць f (sančáscʹ) (especially military) Bulgarian: лазаре́т (bg) m (lazarét) Catalan: infermeria (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 醫院／医院 (zh) (yīyuàn), 保健室 (zh) (bǎojiànshì) Corsican: infirmaria (co) f Czech: špitál (cs) m, lazaret (cs) m Esperanto: malsanulejo Estonian: laatsaret, arstituba, kliinik sg, kliinikud pl Finnish: sairastupa French: infirmerie (fr) f Galician: enfermaría (gl) f (archaic) German: Krankenhaus (de) n, Krankenstation (de) f, Ambulanz (de) f Greek: Ancient: ὑγιαστήριον n (hugiastḗrion), νοσοκομεῖον n (nosokomeîon) (Koine) Indonesian: ruang kesehatan Italian: infermeria (it) f Japanese: 病院 (ja) (びょういん, byōin) Korean: 병원(病院) (ko) (byeong'won) Latin: valētūdinārium (la) n Macedonian: ла́зарет m (lázaret) Polish: infirmeria (pl) f, izba chorych f Portuguese: enfermaria (pt) f Russian: лазаре́т (ru) m (lazarét), (e.g. at school, factory) медпу́нкт (ru) m (medpúnkt), (especially military) санча́сть (ru) f (sančástʹ) Sicilian: nfirmarìa (scn) f Spanish: enfermería (es) f Swedish: sjukstuga c Ukrainian: лазаре́т (uk) m (lazarét), медпу́нкт m (medpúnkt) (e.g. at school, factory), санчасти́на f (sančastýna) (especially military)

clinic or dispensary within another institution

Bulgarian: кли́ника f (klínika) Chinese: Mandarin: 醫務室／医务室 (zh) (yīwùshì) Czech: ošetřovna (cs) f Estonian: kliinik, kliinikud pl Finnish: sairastupa French: infirmerie (fr) f Galician: enfermaría (gl) f German: Krankenstation (de) f Greek: θεραπευτήριο (el) n (therapeftírio) Hungarian: orvosi szoba Japanese: 保健室 (ja) (ほけんしつ, hokenshitsu) Macedonian: кли́ника f (klínika), диспанзе́р m (dispanzér) Polish: ambulatorium (pl) n Russian: лазаре́т (ru) m (lazarét), кли́ника (ru) f (klínika), диспансе́р (ru) m (dispansɛ́r) (dispensary) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: sjukavdelning c Turkish: revir (tr)

See also

• sick bay