Cryptic crossword clue
Every hospital department is filled with people not going anywhere 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PERMANENT

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What does PERMANENT mean?

PERMANENT noun
  1. A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
  2. Given an n \times n matrix a_{ij} \,, the sum over all permutations \pi \, of \prod_{i=1}^n{a_{i\pi(i)}}.
  3. (trading card games) A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.
PERMANENT verb
  1. To perm (the hair).
PERMANENT adjective
  1. Without end, eternal.
  2. Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

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