infirmary
Place for patients
An infirmary is a place where sick or injured people receive medical care.
The term typically refers to a medical facility within a larger institution—a school infirmary, a prison infirmary, a military infirmary—rather than a standalone hospital.
In older usage, infirmary could name a hospital outright, and some hospitals retain it in their names.
Medical treatment facility
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- patientAble to wait calmly
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
treatment · diagnosis · prescription · medicine · surgery · ailment · illness · disease
Shipboard medical facility
- shipboardOn a vessel
- maritimeOf the sea
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- berthSleeping space on transport
vessel · crew · sailor · seafaring · galley · naval · submarine · nautical
Post-illness healing phase
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recuperationGradual return to health
- restorationReturning something to condition
- mendingRestoring damaged items
healing · therapy · remedy · cure · wellness · improvement · renewal · strength
Institutional grounds and buildings
- dormitoryStudent living building
- boardingEntering a vehicle
- matronFemale institutional supervisor
- studentsThose receiving instruction
cot · rest · minor · illness · excused · attendance · residential · academy
Monastic house of worship
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- prioryLesser monastic house
friary · nunnery · hospice · scriptorium · refectory · medieval · monks · nuns
Medical caretaking profession
- bedsideNear the mattress
- attendantOne who assists others
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- compassionConcern for others' distress
comfort · support · aid · assistance · tending · nurturing · supervision · palliative
hospital
Medical treatment facility
nurse · treatment · diagnosis · prescription · medicine · surgery · ailment · illness · disease · triage
sickbay
Shipboard medical facility
- shipboardOn a vessel
- maritimeOf the sea
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
berth · vessel · crew · sailor · seafaring · galley · naval · submarine · nautical · medic
convalescence
Post-illness healing phase
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recuperationGradual return to health
- restorationReturning something to condition
mending · healing · therapy · remedy · cure · wellness · improvement · renewal · strength · bedrest
campus
Institutional grounds and buildings
students · cot · rest · minor · illness · excused · attendance · residential · academy · college
abbey
Monastic house of worship
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
priory · friary · nunnery · hospice · scriptorium · refectory · medieval · monks · nuns · religious
nursing
Medical caretaking profession
compassion · comfort · support · aid · assistance · tending · nurturing · supervision · palliative · provision
- healthhealth, wellness, vitality, fitness, well-being
- hospitalhospital, admission, wards, ER, bed
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- building spacesroom, classrooms, hallway, hallways, lobby
- camp facilitiescabins, tent, bunkhouse, shelter, dining hall
infirmarywellness center
Facility promoting physical wellbeing
fitness center · gymnasium · health club · spa · training ground
infirmarymorgue
Corpse holding facility
mortuary · funeral home · cemetery · crypt · mausoleum
infirmarybarracks
Soldiers' residential building
training camp · field · battlefield · arena · parade ground