hospital bed
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noun
a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
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Nearby words
- hosing,
- hosp.,
- hospice,
- hospitable,
- hospital,
- hospital corner,
- hospital formulary,
- hospital gangrene,
- hospital light,
- hospital pass
Origin of hospital bed
First recorded in 1815–25
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for hospital bed
His ambition then was to be pale, consumptive, to drink the dregs of poverty's poisoned chalice, and to toss on a hospital-bed.