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 While navigating the chaos, fans will enter the shuttle bay, sick bay, control room, and turbolift before being redirected to the ship’s bridge. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025 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 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
  • When Hal wakes up in the hospital with Kerry by his bedside, things turn a little more flirty, though whether this actually goes anywhere remains to be seen.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The victim, who hasn't been publicly identified, was treated at the scene by Santa Monica PD officers until paramedics took him to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, people at Hamilton mostly wanted to talk about the $55 million infirmary renovation.
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • John Anthony Cole, 49, is the prisoner in the video, and the incident occurred in the Adult Detention Center infirmary, Miller said.
    Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2026

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“Sick bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20bay. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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