Definition

1. Noun:
   • A temporary military hospital near the battle lines: A "field hospital" is a mobile medical facility set up close to an area of military conflict to provide immediate treatment to wounded soldiers. It is designed for rapid deployment and operation in field conditions.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The army set up a field hospital just two miles from the front to treat the wounded.
  • Medical personnel worked tirelessly in the field hospital under difficult conditions.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically to describe any temporary, improvised facility set up to handle a crisis or emergency situation, though this is an extended meaning.
  • After the earthquake, volunteers established a field hospital in the town square.

Variants and Related Words

• Field surgery (n): Surgical operations performed in a field hospital.
• MASH unit (n, acronym): Mobile Army Surgical Hospital; a specific type of field hospital used by the U.S. Army.

Synonyms

• Mobile hospital: A hospital that can be easily moved.
• Casualty clearing station: A medical post for collecting and treating casualties.

Related Phrases

• To establish a field hospital: To set up a temporary military hospital.
  • The command ordered the engineers to establish a field hospital by dawn.

Noun

1. a temporary military hospital near the battle lines