Meaning

1 senses
  1. (derogatory, informal)A psychiatric hospital, or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.

More definitions
  • a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Examples

14 sentences
  1. Tom is in a mental institution.

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  2. Tom has spent most of his life in and out of mental institutions.

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  3. Mennad went to a mental institution.

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  4. Lorenzo went to a mental institution.

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  5. Fadil was committed to a mental institution.

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Forms

plural: mental institutions

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

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