Meanings
nounmental hospital (plural mental hospitals)
plural mental hospitals
- A hospital facility specialized to treat patients with serious mental disorders.
Synonyms: psychiatric hospital, bedlam, bin, booby-hatch, booby house, bughouse, crazy house, cuckoo's nest
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hospital facility specialized to treat patients with serious mental disorders.
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psychiatric hospitalbedlambinbooby-hatchbooby housebughousecrazy housecuckoo's nestfunny farmhappy hotelinsane asylumlaughing academyloony binlunatic asylummadhousemental asylummental homemental hotelgrippy sock vacationmental health center
More synonyms by meaning
nouna hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Piecewise doublet of mental hotel.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans psigiatriese hospitaal
- psigiatriese hospitaalfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Arabic مُسْتَشْفَى الأَمْرَاض النَفْسِيَّة
- مُسْتَشْفَى الأَمْرَاض النَفْسِيَّة (mustašfā l-ʔamrāḍ an-nafsiyya)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Bulgarian психиатрична болница
- психиатрична болница (psihiatrična bolnica)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Catalan hospital psiquiàtric
- hospital psiquiàtricfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Chinese Cantonese 精神病院
- 精神病院facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Chinese Mandarin 精神病院
- 精神病院 (jīngshénbìngyuàn)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Danish psykiatrisygehus, psykiatrisk hospital
- psykiatrisygehusfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- psykiatrisk hospitalfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Dutch psychiatrische instelling, psychiatrisch ziekenhuis
- psychiatrische instellingfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- psychiatrisch ziekenhuisfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Esperanto psikiatria hospitalo
- psikiatria hospitalofacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Finnish mielisairaala, psykiatrinen sairaala
- mielisairaalafacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- psykiatrinen sairaalafacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
French clinique psychiatrique, hôpital psychiatrique
- clinique psychiatriquefacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- hôpital psychiatriquefacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- asile psychiatriquefacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
German psychiatrische Klinik, Nervenheilanstalt
- psychiatrische Klinikfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- Nervenheilanstaltfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- Psychiatriefacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Greek ψυχιατρείο
- ψυχιατρείο (psychiatreío)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Hebrew בית חולים פסיכיאטרי
- בית חולים פסיכיאטריfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Hindi मानसिक चिकित्सालय, पागलख़ाना
- मानसिक चिकित्सालय (mānsik cikitsālay)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- पागलख़ाना (pāgalxānā)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Hungarian elmegyógyintézet
- elmegyógyintézetfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Icelandic geðspítali, geðsjúkrahús
- geðspítalifacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- geðsjúkrahúsfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Indonesian rumah sakit jiwa
- rumah sakit jiwafacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Irish gealtlann
- gealtlannfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Italian ospedale psichiatrico
- ospedale psichiatricofacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Japanese 精神病院, 精神科
- 精神病院 (seishin byōin)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- 精神科 (seishinka)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Korean 정신병원
- 정신병원 (jeongsinbyeong'won)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Norwegian Bokmål psykiatrisk sykehus
- psykiatrisk sykehusfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Persian بیمارستان روانپزشکی
- بیمارستان روانپزشکیfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Polish szpital psychiatryczny
- szpital psychiatrycznyfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Portuguese hospital psiquiátrico
- hospital psiquiátricofacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Romanian spital psihiatric, spital de psihiatrie
- spital psihiatricfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- spital de psihiatriefacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- ospiciufacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- spital de boli mentalefacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Russian психиатри́ческая больни́ца
- психиатри́ческая больни́ца (psixiatríčeskaja bolʹníca)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Spanish hospital psiquiátrico
- hospital psiquiátricofacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Swedish mentalsjukhus
- mentalsjukhusfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Thai โรงพยาบาลจิตเวช
- โรงพยาบาลจิตเวชfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Turkish tımarhane, ruh ve sinir hastalıkları hastanesi
- tımarhanefacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- ruh ve sinir hastalıkları hastanesifacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- akıl hastanesifacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- delihanefacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Ukrainian психіатричний заклад, психіатри́чна ліка́рня
- психіатричний заклад (psyxiatryčnyj zaklad)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- психіатри́чна ліка́рня (psyxiatrýčna likárnja)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- психліка́рня (psyxlikárnja)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Vietnamese bệnh viện tâm thần
- bệnh viện tâm thầnfacility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
Yiddish דולהויז, משוגעים־אַזיל
- דולהויז (dulhoyz)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
- משוגעים־אַזיל (meshugoim-azil)facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders — see also lunatic asylum, asylum
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