conservatory – Comes from an Italian word for a hospital for foundlings, to whom music was taught. More…
ambulance – Once brought the hospital to the patient—and kept the name when it reversed the process and started bringing the patients to the hospital; its original meaning was “mobile hospital following an army.” More…
nosocomial – “Pertaining to a hospital” or “originating in a hospital.” More…
bedlam – The word bedlam is a contraction of Bethlehem, a hospital in London that became a lunatic asylum. More…