hospitalism

== English == === Etymology === From hospital +‎ -ism. === Noun === hospitalism (uncountable) (psychology) wasting away of infants in long-term institutional care, caused by lack of contact with caregivers (medicine, dated) A spoiled or degenerate condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital. Synonyms: hospital-associated deconditioning, HAD ==== Translations ==== === References === “hospitalism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.