multi-hospital

adjective

mul·​ti-hos·​pi·​tal ˌməl-tē-ˈhä-(ˌ)spi-tᵊl 

-ˌtī-

variants or multihospital

: involving, made up of, or occurring at more than one hospital

multi-hospital systems

a multi-hospital initiative

The surgeon would like to use the device on 10 more patients before beginning a large multihospital study sometime next summer.

—W. Wayt Gibbs

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

multi-hospital

adjective

mul·​ti-hos·​pi·​tal

-ˈhäs-ˌpit-ᵊl

variants or multihospital

: relating to, consisting of, or involving more than one hospital

multi-hospital studies

a multihospital alliance