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sickbay

British  
/ ˈsɪkˌbeɪ /

noun

  1. a room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured, as on board a ship or at a boarding school

"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

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No one thinks to look for a doctor in sickbay?

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Voigt was in sickbay when he was awarded the Purple Heart, just as the Korean War cease-fire was about to be signed in 1953.

From Fox News • Mar. 2, 2019

The ironic result is an anti-irony artist with a global-sized dream being represented through sickbay claustrophobia.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2017

San Diego's sickbay population, around 1,000 in peacetime, had swelled to more than 9,000, with a turnover of 5,000 a month.

From Time Magazine Archive

Annabeth and he crept downstairs to the second deck, which Percy hadn’t explored except for sickbay.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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