sick bay

Definition of sick baynext
as in hospital
a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured The new naval vessel includes a state-of-the-art sick bay.

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Recent Examples of sick bay 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 With a wave of this fictional device, a Starfleet crew member could get a comprehensive medical analysis without having to be admitted to the ship’s sick bay. Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2015 See All Example Sentences for sick bay
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Noun
  • The landlord Ramco is asking the court to appoint a receiver for the hospital, so a different operator can take over.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • Music is one way the mares, part of Nodiff-Netanel’s nonprofit called Mini Therapy Horses, comfort people, especially hospital patients, in Southern California.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • The court documents describe how Adair had pre-existing medical conditions and was being transported in a wheelchair back to his cell from the infirmary right before the altercation took place.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
  • The Guadalupe camp’s infirmary – known as Heaven Can Wait – was run by Dick’s daughter-in-law Mary Liz, a former Mystic camper and registered nurse who treated many sick and injured children herself.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 3 May 2026

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“Sick bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20bay. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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