sick bay

noun

: a compartment in a ship used as a dispensary and hospital
broadly : a place for the care of the sick or injured

Examples of sick bay in a Sentence

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Welles lands in sick bay with copper poisoning from eating too much raw organ meat. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024 The project will include four kennel runs, a cat quarantine room and sick bay, clinic room with two surgery bays, office and storage areas, an education meeting room and a sally port. Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023 Doorways on one side lead into a rabbit’s warren of corridors and rooms, including cramped sailors’ quarters, comfy officers’ bedrooms, kitchens, sick bays, even a barbershop and a laundry—a reminder that 4,000 sailors and officers at a time used to call this ship home. Will Knight, WIRED, 25 July 2023 At Fox Hill, which is more formally called the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services facility, Bankman-Fried shared the one-room sick bay with four other men. Katanga Johnson, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for sick bay 

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sick bay was in 1813

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“Sick bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20bay. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

sick bay

noun
: a place on a ship used as a hospital

Medical Definition

sick bay

noun
: a compartment in a ship used as a dispensary and hospital
broadly : a place for the care of the sick or injured

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