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ward1

UK: /wɔːd/ US: /wɔːrd/

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n [c]
›
⇨ sala [de hospital]
the psychiatric ward
la sala de psiquiatría
›
⇨ distrito electoral
Véase tb: casualty ward
(Definition of ward n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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