noun
gurney
noun
1
A wheeled stretcher used to move patients in a hospital.
"Paramedics wheeled the patient in on a gurney."
How to Use Gurney
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe wheeled stretcher hospitals use to move patients.
UK vs US
More common in American English; British English more often uses "trolley".
Word Forms
gurneys plural, Gurneys plural
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Etymology
Origin uncertain — possibly named after Theodore Gurney, credited with patenting a similar wheeled cab design in the 1880s.