Thesaurus results for SICKROOM

sickroom

noun

Definition of sickroom

as in hospital

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Recent Examples of sickroom On the night of September 8, 1976, as Mao hovered near death, senior members of the Politburo gathered in a sickroom in the leadership compound in Beijing to pay their final respects. — Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025 To prevent infected air from seeping out of the sickroom, Fox suggests wedging towels in the gap under the bedroom door. — Liz Szabo, NBC News, 17 May 2022 In 1855, Martineau once again confined herself to a sickroom due to a resurgence of her symptoms. — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2021 When Praskovya bursts into her husband’s sickroom, the music shoots a jolt of energy — and life — into the moment. — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Feb. 2021 For Richard Wright and Masaoka Shiki, lying on their sickroom beds, writing haiku was an art of short spurts of insight followed by exhaustion. — Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 25 June 2020 Even the devoted family dog, Heidi, was banished from the sickroom. — Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2020

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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

Definition of hospital

Noun

Polly had spent years moving between workhouses and infirmaries, sometimes returning to her father’s house.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, people at Hamilton mostly wanted to talk about the $55 million infirmary renovation.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Definition of infirmary

Noun

Free and charitable clinics scramble to absorb uninsured patients even as Florida’s healthcare squeeze becomes a defining campaign issue, exposing a broader national failure to rein in medical costs.

— Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Their arrival quickly caught the attention of a man who had parked nearby and was walking toward the clinic.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of clinic

Noun

The latter was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in its heyday, which feels thematically right somehow.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
The site was home to a sanatorium for internal diseases in the early 20th century, founded by the physician Theodor Büdingen.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026

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