lunatic asylum
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lunatic asylum
noun lunatic asylums
- A facility where persons with serious mental disorders are confined.
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Synonym of mental hospital: A facility specializing in the treatment of mental disorders.
Similar: bedlam, bin, booby-hatch, booby house, bughouse, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, happy hotel, insane asylum, laughing academy, loony bin
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noun confinement for persons with mental illness — see also asylum, mental hospital
| Español | manicomio, frenopático |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 瘋人院 /疯人院 fēngrényuàn |
| Português | hospício, frenocômio, frenocómio, manicômio, manicómio, rilhafoles |
| Français | asile de fous |
| Deutsch | Irrenanstalt, Nervenklinik, Verrücktenanstalt |
| Italiano | manicomio |
| Ελληνικά | τρελοκομείο trelokomeío, φρενοκομείο frenokomeío |
| Română | balamuc, ospiciu, spital de nebuni, casă de nebuni |
| Русский | сумасше́дший дом sumasšédšij dom, дурдо́м durdóm, психу́шка psixúška |
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title = {lunatic asylum},
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