sick bay
nounDefinition of sick bay
: a compartment in a ship used as a dispensary and hospital
broadly
: a place for the care of the sick or injured
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In between violent attacks in Adamawa, Ating visited IDP camps and sick bays determined to capture the stories of those affected by the crisis using pictures and text. — Aisha Salaudeen, CNN, "The woman risking her life to photograph the forgotten victims of war," 25 July 2019 Ivanov and her assistants work in longhand, writing down every diagnosis in the sick bay. — Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, "Olympia," 20 Nov. 2017 April 24 - Worked in sick bay from 0800 until 1900. — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, "Service Diary of a Corpsman: Roy L. Wall, LST 509," 28 May 2018 Image The prototype comprised 12,000 cubic feet of living quarters, communal spaces, a galley, a sick bay and work and exercise areas, all protected by thick, bulletproof woven Kevlar. — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, "Constance Adams, Architect of Space Habitats, Is Dead at 53," 28 June 2018 Took over sick bay watch for Sussman from 8 until 12. — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, "Service Diary of a Corpsman: Roy L. Wall, LST 509," 28 May 2018 Doctors in the British Grand Fleet, for example, admitted 10,313 sailors to sick bay in May and June, but only 4 died. — John M. Barry, Smithsonian, "How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America," 25 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sick bay.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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