hospice
noun/ˈhɒspɪs/
/ˈhɑːspɪs/
- a hospital for people who are dying
- She founded an AIDS hospice with the help of a local doctor.
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsc2, Healthcarec2- I work as a volunteer at the local children's hospice.
- She died in a hospice.
- to make a donation to the hospice movement
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Latin hospitium, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.Definitions on the go
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