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閉鎖病棟 (heisabyoutou) Japanese meaning: closed ward | Kotomora

閉へい鎖さ病びょう棟とう

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Meanings

1

closed ward; locked ward

A psychiatric ward where patients are not free to leave, typically for safety reasons.

彼かれは急きゅう性せい期きの治ち療りょうのため閉へい鎖さ病びょう棟とうに入にゅう院いんした

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He was admitted to the closed ward for acute treatment.

Kanji

閉closed, shut
鎖chain, irons, connection
病ill, sick
棟ridgepole, ridge

Related words

開かい放ほう病びょう棟とう
An open ward where patients can move freely; contrasts with the restricted environment of 閉鎖病棟.

Built from

閉へい鎖さ+病びょう棟とう

Etymology

Compound of 閉鎖 (closure) and 病棟 (hospital ward).