(a) field hospital

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• field hospital — n a military organization of medical personnel with equipment for establishing a temporary hospital in the field * * * a portable military hospital, manned by noncommissioned officers and men, located beyond the zone of conflict, 3–4 miles… …   Medical dictionary

• field hospital — field .hospital n a temporary hospital for soldiers that is near where the fighting is …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• field hospital — n. a temporary military hospital near the combat zone, for emergency treatment …   English World dictionary

• Field hospital — 47th Combat Support Hospital, 2000 A field hospital is a large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties on site before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities. The concept was inherited from the… …   Wikipedia

• field hospital — noun a temporary military hospital near the battle lines • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine • Hypernyms: ↑military hospital * * * ˈfield hospital …   Useful english dictionary

• field hospital — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms field hospital : singular field hospital plural field hospitals a temporary hospital for injured soldiers near an area of fighting …   English dictionary

• field hospital — field′ hos pital n. mil a temporary hospital established at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat • Etymology: 1695–1705 …   From formal English to slang

• Depot Field Hospital — was one of seven hospitals operated at City Point, Virginia during the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. The largest was the Depot Field Hospital which covered nearly 200 acres (800,000 m²) and could hold up to 10,000 patients.… …   Wikipedia

• field hospital — Mil. 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. [1695 1705] * * * …   Universalium

• field hospital — provisional hospital, temporary hospital (set up near a battlefield, near the site of a natural disaster, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary

• field hospital — noun A large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities …   Wiktionary