sick bay

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 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 Unlike those prisoners, Bankman-Fried has been held in the sick bay. Katanga Johnson, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for sick bay
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Noun
  • My husband has recently been in the hospital several times.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • Three days in the hospital and countless tests later, Onnen was diagnosed with leukemia.
    Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Reagan was taken to the prison infirmary, where he was pronounced dead.
    Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025
  • As he was being taken to the infirmary, he was allegedly assaulted again, the indictment states.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Sick bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20bay. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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