bedpan

noun

bed·pan ˈbed-ˌpan

: a shallow vessel used by a bedridden person for urination or defecation

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Tawse had decorated the hospital bedpans in red, white and blue tape, a small symbol of the excitement greeting 27-year-old Elizabeth as the new head of the royal family on the brink of a technicolor age. —

Reuters, ABC News, 2 May 2023 Ricky, 46, says he was routinely cursed and yelled at by an elderly client and has never been paid as much as minimum wage for changing bedpans and diapers, among other chores. —

Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2023 To insert a bedpan under a patient. —

Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022 Eli, a 38-year-old patient with a chronic disease, described from his hospital bed how his roommate’s bedpan had overflowed on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, sending bloody urine all over the floor. —

Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for bedpan