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
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.
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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
After being denied bail last week, Bankman-Fried was moved to the island’s infamous Fox Hill where he is being kept in the sick bay and undergoing medical evaluation, according to the Washington Post.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
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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
After being denied bail last week, Bankman-Fried was moved to the island’s infamous Fox Hill where he is being kept in the sick bay and undergoing medical evaluation, according to the Washington Post.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick bay
Noun
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The fan was placed onto a backboard, loaded onto a medical cart and transported out the stadium to a hospital.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 May 2025
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The avid hiker recovered from the ordeal after three days in the hospital and decided to join their search team.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Brooks was on an infirmary bed when the attack occurred, and at one point in the video his face was visibly bloodied.—
Doha Madani,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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After the beating, another correction sergeant, Donald Slawson, mopped up the blood in the infirmary, preventing investigators from finding any blood spatter to analyze, prosecutors allege.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Sick bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20bay. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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