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teaching hospital

American  

noun

  1. a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.

teaching hospital British  

noun

  1. a hospital that is affiliated to a medical school and provides the students with teaching and supervised practical experience

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The Pitt is a teaching hospital where the residents learn lessons medical schools don’t teach.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025

A medical worker who saw patients at the facility in the winter recounted teaching hospital workers how to wash wounds.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

On the first day of this strike, I went to a major teaching hospital to find out how it planned to cope in the days ahead.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024

Because I had given birth in a teaching hospital, a resident tried the procedure to stop the bleeding first.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2023

This included a 320-bed teaching hospital, Mirebalais National Teaching Hospital, to educate the next generation of Haitian medical students.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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