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sickbed

[ sik-bed ]

/ ˈsɪkˌbɛd /

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noun

the bed used by a sick person.

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Origin of sickbed

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at sick¹, bed

Words nearby sickbed

sick, sick and tired, sick as a dog, sick at heart, sick bay, sickbed, sick building syndrome, sick call, sick day, sick-dog, sicken

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How to use sickbed in a sentence

His ailing mother emerged from her sickbed to ask reporters for Lana Turner’s address so she could write her a letter.
The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping|Kaleb Horton|July 23, 2021|Vox
To prove that this was not so, these men wore the clothes of sick people, and even slept on the sheets taken from the sickbed.
Little Busybodies|Jeanette Augustus Marks and Julia Moody
For example, it is not right to leave the sickbed of one dear to us because his pains are unbearable.
Elements of Morals|Paul Janet
The father lay in the parlor, on his sickbed, and groaned and complained and cursed the hour of his birth.
Dame Care|Hermann Sudermann

For the next month his time was almost wholly taken up by the sickbed, and in the first week of December the end came.
Keats|Sidney Colvin
What he wants to see again, he writes now further from his sickbed, are the simple flowers of our spring.
Keats|Sidney Colvin

Medical definitions for sickbed

sickbed

[ sĭk′bĕd′ ]

n.

A sick person's bed.

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