hospital gown

noun

: a robe worn by a patient in a hospital

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Anna Southerland arrives at her friend's rehearsal dinner in a hospital gown after her dress was ripped in a car accident. Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025 Mia was also shown a YouTube comedy bit, directed by Andy Samberg, depicting her in a hospital gown giving birth with Combs acting as obstetrician. Adam Reiss, NBC news, 30 May 2025 Life outside the courtroom, however, is a bit more complicated, with Nash-Betts weeping in a hospital gown and Kardashian stabbing herself with a needle in a bathroom stall. Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 13 May 2025 The escape comes one week after gun suspect Eric Cruz managed to slip away from a cop watching him at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia in Manhattan and run off while still wearing a hospital gown. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hospital gown

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“Hospital gown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hospital%20gown. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

Medical Definition

hospital gown

noun
: a loose robe that is usually open in the back and is worn by patients in a medical facility (such as a hospital)

called also patient gown, johnny

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