What's the common name in usage in the UK for the part in the hospital that specializes in one field only (for example neurology)?
I saw two different names 'wing' and 'department'. But both are in non native English speakers country, so I'm not sure what it reflexes and if it's correct also in context of medicine.
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There's the word gyro, which, according to NOAD, is:
a sandwich made with slices of spiced meat cooked on a spit, served with salad in pita bread.
Your picture doesn't look like a gyro, though, because of the bread. Usually, I'd expect a gyro to look more like this:
However, that's the closest commonly-used word that I can think of.
Without expressing awesomeness, the term is
- a recess in a wall, especially for statues.
From the architectural feature the figurative meaning of "a special place" either in a professional, scientific or ecological context is derived.
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Wing and department are both acceptable.
"Wing" suggests a physical building that is next to the main part of the hosptial. Department suggests part of the organisational structure.
At my local hospital the buildings are named "Jubilee Centre", "Canadian Wing", in which there are multiple "Departments", each has its own name. The Canadian wing houses the "Ross Tilley Ward", "Day surgery" and the "Diet and Nutrition Department". It is possible for a building to house just one department. There is the "Burns and Reconstruction Department", which is both a building and a department.
There are many other words that could be used, and sometimes no word at all. One of the departments is called "Outpatients" another is called "Cardiology".