Main Entry: gatch bed

Pronunciation: \ˈgach-\

Function: noun

Usage: often capitalized

: a hospital bed with a frame in three movable sections equipped with mechanical spring parts that permit raising the head end, foot end, or middle as required ; broadly : hospital bed

Gatch, Willis Dew (1878–1954), American surgeon. Gatch did research in experimental and clinical surgery, shock occurring during or after a surgical operation, burns, and diseases of the biliary passages. He introduced his hospital bed in 1909.