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hospitalism
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Meaning hospitalism meaning
What does hospitalism mean?
hospitalism
noun
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(psychology) wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers
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(medicine, dated) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
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