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Noun: hospice  hós-pis
  1. A lodging for travellers (especially one kept by a monastic order)
     
  2. A program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill

Derived forms: hospices

Type of: housing, living accommodations, lodging, medical aid, medical care

Encyclopedia: Hospice

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