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Semiprivate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Semiprivate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

confined to a small number of hospital patients

"semiprivate room"

2

More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.

See Also
private semipublic
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