hospitalism

[ hos-pi-tl-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
2. the adverse mental and physical effects caused by such conditions.
3. the physiological and psychological consequences of living in a hospital, nursing home, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hospitalism¹

First recorded in 1865–70; hospital + -ism

Example Sentences

All that it is allowable here to suggest in this regard may be summed up (although very imperfectly) in the word hospitalism.

From Project Gutenberg

He was one of the first to set to work with method to investigate this question of Hospitalism.

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I would have 215 liked to have completed hospitalism,” he said, “but I hope some good man will take it up.

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