noun
ward
A hospital room or section for a particular group of patients.
The nurse checks each patient in the hospital's maternity ward.
Etymology
The older word concerns protective care. A hospital ward is a defined area where a group of patients receives that care.
More examples
- Visitors must wash their hands before entering the children's ward.
- After surgery, he moves to a ward for recovering patients.
- The hospital is adding two new wards.
Forms
ward · wards