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general hospital (medicine) and damp 1, adjective (oh)


general hospital (medicine)


General hospital


Any large civilian hospital that is equipped to care for medical, surgical, maternity, and psychiatric cases, and usually has a resident medical staff.


damp 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Middle Low German]
slightly wet, often in an unpleasant way
::Wipe the leather with a damp cloth.
::a cold, damp day
damp squib
BrE informal something that is intended to be exciting, effective etc, but which is disappointing
-- dampness n [U]
-- damply adv
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WORD CHOICE: damp, moist, humid
Use damp especially to say that something is slightly wet in an unpleasant way : The room was cold and damp.
Use moist to say that something is slightly wet in a pleasant way or in the way it should be : She took a mouthful of the delicious moist cake. | rich, moist soil
Use humid to talk about the weather or the air when it is slightly wet and makes you feel uncomfortable : the hot humid atmosphere of a greenhouse