ward
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- noun
- /wɔrd/
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- I was looking for the Children's Ward and I got lost.
- a hospital ward
- a maternity ward
- a general ward
After the surgery, of course in the psych ward.
- After the surgery, of course in the psych ward.
- Just a coincidence happened to all the patients admitted to this ward had one of two conditions.
- President Bush signed it and and it hangs in the wounded ward at Bethesda.
- I think he died from COVID isolated in a ward.
- It was a long term psychiatric inpatient ward.
- I was up on the respiratory ward in South Wales Hospital, Heath Hospital.
- So now I'm in sort of like, I guess like the, the cardiac ward.
- So then I go back up to my friends at CPMC here and I'm in their cardiac ward for a week.
- A few days ago, Ollie was in hospital under like sort of critical care ward sort of thing.
- And now when I woke up, you know, then there I am now I'm introduced to the, to the psych ward, you know, where the doors don't open.
- The girl bounces, the guy is dying, so they bring him to the medical ward.
- We're talking about opioid crisis, talking about mental health issues, talking about, you know, people taking up beds and psych wards, people dying.
- Whose daughters would be, you know, partners in city law firms, they were headmistresses of primary schools or, you know, ward matrons in, in hospitals.
Examples
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I'll pass these out in the cancer ward.
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Patients who survived the acute phase were transferred to the general ward, where an echocardiogram was done.
Academic text (2000) -
This ward is reserved for air crash victims.
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The operation was otherwise uneventful, and the patient returned to the ward after extubation.
Academic text (2006) -
You have a patient on your ward, a young girl named Gillian Talbot.
Fiction book (1991) -
Gravely injured, Connolly is moved to a hospital ward in Dublin Castle.
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It was a giant open ward with a sea of patients shuffling around in pyjamas, wearing masks.
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The patients in the ward receive specialized treatment for their medical conditions.
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She was admitted to the pediatric ward to recover from her surgery.
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In the mental health ward, the staff provide support and care for those in need.
Synonyms
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A room in a place like a school where sick or injured people get care
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A room in a hospital where patients stay to get care
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A room in a hospital where patients with similar needs are cared for together
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3.2
A room where an ill person stays to rest and get care
Idioms
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9.9
To protect people from bad luck caused by a jealous look using charms
Compounds
How Intensive
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word ward comes from an old word meaning 'guard' or 'care', so a hospital ward is a part of the hospital where patients are looked after.