Meaning

1 senses
  1. A large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities.

    Feldlazarett

    полево́й го́спитальpolevój góspitalʹ, полевой подвижный госпитальpolevoj podvižnyj gospitalʹ

    польови́й шпита́льpolʹovýj špytálʹ

More definitions
  • a temporary military hospital near the battle lines

Examples

2 sentences
  1. They have been evacuated to an American field hospital.

  2. Three of the wounded, whose condition is unclear, have been evacuated to an American field hospital.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
medical unit:
Русский
By meaning 1
medical unit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
medical unit:

Forms

plural: field hospitals
Singularfield hospital
Pluralfield hospitals

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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