hospitalism
Hospitalismus
Wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact…Wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers
Hospitalismus
(dated, uncountable)A spoiled or degenerate 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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Origin
From hospital + -ism.From hospital + -ism.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsHADA1hospital-associated deconditioning
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable