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sickroom

American  
[sik-room, -room] / ˈsɪkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

noun

  1. a room in which a sick person is confined.

sickroom British  
/ -ˌrʊm, ˈsɪkˌruːm /

noun

  1. a room to which a person who is ill is confined

  2. a room set aside, as in a school, for people who are taken ill

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sickroom

First recorded in 1740–50; sick 1 + room

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