Hospital member suffering (4)
I believe the answer is:
harm
'suffering' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'hospital member' is the wordplay.
'hospital' becomes 'h' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'member' becomes 'arm' (member can mean a limb).
'h'+'arm'='HARM'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for harm that I've seen before include "See 13" , "Damage, hurt" , "Hurt, injure" , "Detriment" , "Injure, injury" .)