mental hospital
A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as…A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.
» Tom got sent to a mental hospital.
Meaning
1 sensesA hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.
psychiatrische Klinik, Nervenheilanstalt, Psychiatrie
психиатри́ческая больни́цаpsixiatríčeskaja bolʹníca, сумасше́дший домsumasšédšij dom, дурдо́мdurdóm
психіатричний закладpsyxiatryčnyj zaklad, психіатри́чна ліка́рняpsyxiatrýčna likárnja, психліка́рняpsyxlikárnja
- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
Examples
20 sentencesTom got sent to a mental hospital.
Tom has spent a few years in a mental hospital.
Tom has been in and out of mental hospitals most of his life.
Tom was sent to a mental hospital.
ruТома отправили в психбольницу.
They closed the mental hospital down.
Translations
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Origin
Piecewise doublet of mental hotel.Piecewise doublet of mental hotel.
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Forms
plural: mental hospitals| Singular | mental hospital |
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Synonyms
35 synonyms- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person:psychiatric hospitalmental institutioninstitutionmental homeinsane asylumasylum