Usually means: Care for terminally ill patients.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. hospice: Merriam-Webster
  2. hospice: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hospice: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hospice: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hospice: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hospice, hospice: Wordnik
  7. hospice: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hospice: Wiktionary
  9. hospice: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hospice: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hospice: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hospice: Dictionary.com
  13. hospice: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hospice: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hospice (Achilles album), Hospice (The Antlers album), Hospice (album), Hospice: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Hospice: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. hospice: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. hospice: Rhymezone
  19. Hospice: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. hospice: FreeDictionary.org
  21. hospice: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. hospice: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. hospice: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hospice: Glossary of Health Care Terms
  2. Death and Funeral Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hospice: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. hospice: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hospice: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Underwriter's Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Alzheimer's Association Medical Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Hospice: Merck Manuals
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Cancer Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Hospice: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms
  10. hospice: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. hospice: Medical dictionary
  12. Hospice: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. Arms and Armour (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hospice: Catholic Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hospice: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See hospices as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (countable, dated) A lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.
noun:  (uncountable) The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.
noun:  (countable) A specialized facility or organization offering palliative care for the terminally ill.

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