Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
groviglio ospedaliero
English translation:
the labyrinthine corridors of the hospital
Italian term
groviglio ospedaliero
Describing a play. Tangle of hospital corridors? or something more figurative: the processes, succession of injections, pills, visits, hours, examinations?
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3 +1 | the labyrinthine corridors of the hospital | Tom in London |
4 | hospital maze | Janice Giffin |
4 | complex maze of the hospital | Lara Barnett |
3 | nosocomial warren | Michael Korovkin |
Apr 21, 2014 19:40: Tom in London Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
the labyrinthine corridors of the hospital
hospital maze
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Note added at 10 hrs (2014-04-11 22:35:48 GMT)
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Maze definition, a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; ... When a rat is running a particular maze, the electrical pattern produced in the ...
The fact that "maze" is often associated to rats or other lab animals, suggests that the patients in the text are perceived as something less than human.
http://www.healthbusinessuk.net/features/86--sp-662/3767-finding-your-way-through-the-hospital-maze
nosocomial warren
complex maze of the hospital
"... from the complex maze of the/this hospital"
Discussion
http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/groviglio/
http://www.grandidizionari.it/Dizionario_Italiano/parola/g/g...
http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/garbuglio/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23698071