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Definition of gurney
gurneys
: a wheeled cot or stretcher
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Orange County Fire Rescue emergency medical technicians loaded the doll onto a gurney and into an ambulance.
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Or be shuttled on a fast-moving gurney, like the patients in ER.
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Off the field on the first base side, a medical gurney.
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Eventually, the 6-year-old was loaded onto a gurney and taken to an awaiting helicopter, and Collin would never see his friend’s eyes open again.
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The woman was eventually wheeled out to an ambulance on a gurney about 3:30 p.m. She was taken to MetroHealth for evaluation, Ciaccia said.
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Doesn't Florida allow forced, strap-you-down-to-the-gurney blood testing?
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The Inmates cited problems - inmates struggling on gurneys - with executions in nation states using midazolam.
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Last November, the U.S. Supreme Court delayed his execution minutes before he was strapped to the gurney.
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Origin and Etymology of gurney
probably ultimately from Gurney cab type of horse-drawn cab with a rear entrance, from J. Theodore Gurney, who patented such a cab in Boston in 1883
GURNEY Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of gurney for English Language Learners
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: a bed on a frame with wheels that is used for moving people who are sick or injured
Medical Dictionary
gurney
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noun
gur·ney
\ˈgər-nē\
Medical Definition of gurney
gurneys
: a wheeled cot or stretcher
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