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
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
The curriculum covers the practical aspects of working in a nursing home: bed-making, catheter care, using a bedpan and transferring residents from a wheelchair to a bed.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2022
That all of it — the ancient text, the washed dish, the emptied bedpan — manifests love and death.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021
The next morning, Nurse Neala brings in the bedpan and taps my shoulder to wake me up.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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