teaching hospital

noun

: a hospital that is affiliated with a medical school and provides means for medical education

Examples of teaching hospital in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But a death need not reach some threshold of suspicion or mystery to merit investigation; many teaching hospitals, where residents might observe autopsies to deepen their understanding of anatomy, will perform an autopsy for free on any patient if the family asks. —Samuel Ashworth, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025

This teaching hospital in the La Paz neighborhood of Madrid is affiliated with the Madrid Regional Health Care System. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025

This is a teaching hospital, and teachers still have things to learn as well. —Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025

The medical school has an ownership interest in the teaching hospital, St. Luke’s Medical Center. —Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for teaching hospital

• acquittal
• belittle
• committal
• submittal
• transmittal
• brittle
• kittel
• kittle
• little
• spital
• spittle
• tittle

Medical Definition

teaching hospital

noun

teach·​ing hospital ˈtē-chiŋ- 

: a hospital that is affiliated with a medical school and provides the means for medical education to students, interns, residents, and sometimes postgraduates