nonhospital adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Not in or relating to a hospital.They recommended that prospective studies should be based on the mothers' intention to have a nonhospital delivery. — 1982 noun1 •An institution that is not a hospital.Nonhospitals could replace the least utilized hospitals, and the area's strengthened surviving hospital could serve as the provider of secondary care for the communities that develop nonhospitals. — 1988 formsnonhospitals