Definition
Divisions or sections of a hospital; or people under the legal care and protection of a guardian.
Etymology
From Old English 'weard' meaning 'guardian' and 'wearde' meaning 'protection.' The word evolved to describe protected people and protected places—hospital wards are named for their guarding function.
Kelly Says
Hospital wards are named after their original purpose—they were literally guarded sections where sick people received supervised care, and the term stuck even though modern hospitals don't guard them the same way.
Translations
ARالعربية
مناطق
manaa-tiq
BNবাংলা
একটি বিভাগ
ek-ti bi-bha-g
CSČeština
oddělení
od-de-le-ni
DADansk
afdelinger
a-f-de-lin-ger
DEDeutsch
Stationen
sta-tion-en
ELΕλληνικά
τμήματα
tm-ma-ta
ESEspañol
departamentos
de-par-ta-men-tos
FISuomi
osastot
o-sa-stot
FRFrançais
services
ser-viss
HUMagyar
osztályok
os-ta-lya-kok
IDBahasa Indonesia
ruangan
roo-an-gan
ITItaliano
pazienti
pa-zee-en-ti
KKKK
бөлшектер
bo-l-shek-ter
MSBahasa Melayu
bilik
bi-lik
NLNederlands
afdelingen
af-de-li-ngen
NONorsk
avdelinger
a-v-de-lin-ger
PLPolski
oddziały
od-dzial-y
PTPortuguês
setores
se-to-res
RUРусский
отделения
ot-de-le-niya
SVSvenska
avdelningar
a-v-del-ningar
SWKiswahili
sehemu
se-he-mu
TAதமிழ்
வகுப்புகள்
va-kku-pu-gal
TEతెలుగు
డిపార్ట్మెంట్లు
di-pa-ar-t-men-tl-u
TRTürkçe
bölümler
bo-lüm-ler
UKУкраїнська
відділення
vid-de-len-nya
URاردو
ڈیپارٹمنٹس
dee-pa-ar-t-men-ts
VITiếng Việt
phòng bệnh
phong benh