infirmary

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈfɜːrməri/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈfɜːməri/
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noun
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A place where people go to receive medical care, often part of another institution.

After the accident, they took him to the school's infirmary for treatment.

R

A place in a school, prison, or similar where people can get care when they are sick.

When he felt sick during class, the teacher sent him to the infirmary.

translation

n. A place where people go to receive medical care, often part of another institution.; A place in a school, prison, or similar where people can get care when they are sick.

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Plural infirmaries