From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Infirmary \In*firm"a*ry\ ([i^]n*f[~e]rm"[.a]*r[y^]), noun; pl. {Infirmaries} (-r[i^]z). [Cf. OE. fermerie, OF. enfermerie, F. infirmerie, LL. infirmaria. See {Infirm}.] A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a health facility where patients receive treatment [syn: {hospital}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "infirmary": VA hospital, asylum, base hospital, clinic, community hospital, convalescent home, convalescent hospital, dispensary, evacuation hospital, field hospital, general hospital, home, hospital, inpatient clinic, maison de sante, mental hospital, nursing home, osteopathic hospital, outpatient clinic, policlinic, polyclinic, private hospital, proprietary hospital, public hospital, rest home, sanatorium, sick bay, sickbed, sickroom, special hospital, station hospital, surgery, surgical hospital, teaching hospital, veterans hospital, voluntary hospital, ward, well-baby clinic
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