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Noun: insane asylum  in'seyn u'sI-lum
  1. A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
    - mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, asylum

Derived forms: insane asylums

Type of: hospital, infirmary

Encyclopedia: Insane asylum