Sickbay

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place used as a hospital on board a ship, or on a spaceship (in science fiction).
  2. 2
    (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship) wordnet
  3. 3
    A room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured in a school.

    "It was the piano lesson again—an orange-tiled floor, one high window, a new upright in a bare room close to the sickbay,"

Synonyms

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infirmaryinfirmarymedical centersick berth

Example

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"It was the piano lesson again—an orange-tiled floor, one high window, a new upright in a bare room close to the sickbay,"

Etymology

From sick + bay.

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on boardscience fiction

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