hospice

Noun

Meaning

A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lodge inn auberge tavern infirmary roadhouse home sanatorium charterhouse hospital institution retreat hotel refuge monastery
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Antonyms

expelling ousting superstructure banishing maternity ward removing
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Hypernyms

housing lodging medical care medical aid living accommodations

Phrases with the word

hospice care

Examples

Hospice means end-of-life care. The admission ticket is a diagnosis from a doctor that you have six months or less to live. Eleanor Clift

Going to Africa was being able to take my volunteering and my passion for hospice one step further. Torrey DeVitto

I've written and passed laws to give Medicare beneficiaries access to life saving cancer drugs and to ensure that seniors don't have to give up the prospect of a cure when they go into hospice care. Ron Wyden

$100,000 to Hospice Santa Cruz County and $75,000 to Jacob’s Heart for unanticipated costs of caregiving for the ill. Source: Internet

A hospice nurse has described how the challenge of looking after people at the end of their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic left her crying in the middle of a shift. Source: Internet

After a lengthy illness, he died in hospice care on May 18. The cause was COVID-19. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hosomaki Hosororo hosp hospice care hospicell hospicentric