hospice

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A place that cares for people who are dying, keeping them comfortable.

   Her grandmother spent her final weeks in a hospice.

2. 2
   noun

   Special care given to dying patients to ease their pain and support their families.

   The family chose hospice care so she could remain comfortable at home.

Borrowed from French hospice, from Old French hospise, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality, an inn”). Doublet of hospitium.

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