field hospital

American  

noun

Military.

1. an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.

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field hospital British  

noun

1. a temporary hospital set up near a battlefield equipped to provide remedial surgery and post-operative care

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Etymology

Origin of field hospital

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

There are helping hands, too, from a Spanish team who are here to build a field hospital.

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Jamaican officials confirmed to news agency AFP that multiple field hospitals were being established to treat people in the worst-affected areas in the west.

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A field hospital adjacent to the main hospital building was set up to receive them.

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Cogat says two additional field hospitals will also open in southern Gaza soon.

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It has said the area includes essential infrastructure, including field hospitals and water pipelines, and that supplies of food, tents and medicines will be delivered there in co-ordination with international organisations.

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