noun
sickbay
noun
1
A room set aside for treating sick or injured people on a ship, spacecraft, or in a school or institution.
"The injured sailor was carried down to the sickbay."
"A student with a fever was sent to the school sickbay to lie down."
How to Use Sickbay
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe small medical room on a ship or in an institution where sick or injured people are treated.
Common pairings
taken to sickbay
the ship's sickbay
Word Forms
sickbays plural
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Etymology
A compound of "sick" and "bay" (a section or compartment), originally naval terminology.