noun. A place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion.

noun. An insane asylum.

noun. [capitalized] The hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem in London, originally a priory, founded about 1247, but afterward used as an asylum for lunatics.

noun. Hence A madhouse; a lunatic asylum.

noun. A scene of wild uproar and confusion.

noun. An inmate or a patient of Bethlehem Hospital, or Bedlam; specifically, one discharged as cured (though often only partially cured) and licensed to beg.

noun. Hence In general, a madman; a lunatic.

Belonging to or fit for a bedlam or madhouse; mad; mentally deranged.

adjective. Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse.

noun. A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.

noun. An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.

noun. Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.

noun. A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.

noun. a state of extreme confusion and disorder

noun. pejorative terms for an insane asylum

"N.B. apologizes for H1N1 vaccination 'bedlam' health is apologizing for what he describes as the bedlam that surrounded the H1N1 vaccine rollout in October."

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