field hospital

field hospital noun: a large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities.

Noun

field hospital (plural field hospitals)

A large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities.

field hospital meaning in Arabic, Indonesian, Persian and Thai

field hospital in Arabic

medical unit: مستشفى ميداني

field hospital in Indonesian

medical unit: rumah sakit lapangan

field hospital in Persian

medical unit: بیمارستان صحرایی bimârestân-e sahrâyi

field hospital in Thai

medical unit: โรงพยาบาลสนาม

More languagesFewer languages

field hospital in Vietnamese: bệnh viện dã chiến

Forms of field hospital

plural	field hospitals

Questions about field hospital

What does field hospital mean?: Field hospital means a large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities.
What is field hospital in Arabic?: Field hospital in Arabic is مستشفى ميداني. See Field hospital meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is field hospital?: Field hospital is a noun.
What is the plural of field hospital?: The plural of field hospital is field hospitals.

Words near field hospital in the dictionary

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