bedpan
Americannoun
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a shallow vessel placed under a bedridden patient to collect faeces and urine
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another name for warming pan
Etymology
Origin of bedpan
Example Sentences
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She reserved her deepest attention for the orderlies who came in to change her bedpan and her sheets.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2023
“Susan wanted to crawl under the nearest bedpan and hide,” he wrote.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023
Nursing notes show that Burrell was placed on a bedpan.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2022
But after one of my colleagues said it looked like a bedpan, I just couldn’t unsee the resemblance.
From The Verge • May 28, 2022
When the brothers were in her room, and it took two of them to help her on the bedpan without hurting her, she studied Charles’ dark sullenness.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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