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Meaning of hospitalism

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

hospitalism

noun

Definitions

  1. Wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers

  2. A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hospitalism

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