1.
hospital ward; hospital building
A building or section of a hospital where patients are housed, typically organized by medical specialty or patient type.
病棟を見舞いに行く。
To go visit someone in the hospital ward.
新しい病棟は来年完成する予定だ。
The new hospital ward is scheduled to be completed next year.
感染症患者は専用の病棟に隔離されている。
Patients with infectious diseases are isolated in a dedicated ward.
Refers to the physical building or wing of a hospital where inpatients stay. Japanese hospitals are often organized into multiple 病棟, each specializing in different areas of care.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 入院病棟: inpatient ward
- 外来病棟: outpatient wing
- 小児病棟: pediatric ward
- 精神病棟: psychiatric ward
- 閉鎖病棟: closed ward (locked psychiatric unit)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 病室: hospital room — a single room within a ward
- 病院: hospital — the entire medical facility
- 診療所: clinic — a smaller medical facility, typically without inpatient beds