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

Jordan also treats war wounded at its field hospital in Gaza and has supplied aid via air drops and road convoys.

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A team at the universities of Nottingham and Birmingham has used £3.1m of Ministry of Defence funding to develop a vehicle-based lab that can be taken to field hospitals, firing ranges and rehabilitation centres.

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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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