What does "mental hospital" mean?

A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.

What is a synonym for "mental hospital"?

Common synonyms include: asylum, asylum, asylums, base hospital, bedlam, bughouse.

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Noun

1
A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.
2
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person wordnet

Piecewise doublet of mental hotel.