sick bay

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noun

a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.

Origin of sick bay

First recorded in 1805–15

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How to use sick bay in a sentence

The young fellow was not a fool, and while in the sickbay had thought matters over a good deal.
At Aboukir and Acre | George Alfred Henty
Suddenly Chet wished he could go back to that first interview in the sickbay, and change all the things he'd said.
Uniform of a Man | Dave Dryfoos

British Dictionary definitions for sickbay

sickbay

/ (ˈsɪkˌbeɪ) /

noun

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

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