| Noun | 1. | infirmary - a health facility where patients receive treatmentburn center - a center where patients with severe burns can be treated clinic - a healthcare facility for outpatient care creche, foundling hospital - a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for maternity hospital - a hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants hospital ward, ward - block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward" | |