sickbay
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See also: sick bay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
sickbay (plural sickbays)
- A place used as a hospital on board a ship, or on a spaceship (in science fiction).
- A room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured in a school.
- 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 3:
- It was the piano lesson again—an orange-tiled floor, one high window, a new upright in a bare room close to the sickbay,
Synonyms
Translations
a room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured — see sick bay
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