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infirmary
noun
infirmaries
1. A hospital.
Thesaurus: hospital, clinic, sickroom, sick bay.
2. A room or ward, eg in a boarding school, monastery, etc, where the sick and injured are treated.
Etymology
: 17c: from Latin
infirmaria
, from
infirmus
infirm.
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