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sickbed

[ sik-bed ]

/ ˈsɪkˌbɛd /

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 sinus syndrome, sick to one's stomach, sick-dog, sick-out, sickbay, sickbed, sicken, sickener, sickening, sicker, sickert

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Example sentences from the Web for sickbed

At other times I would picture myself as a wounded soldier watched over on his sickbed by queenly women.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis
With a courtesy that pained me he rose from his sickbed and ordered tea and sweetmeats to be brought.
At the Court of the Amr|John Alfred Gray
I think I never fully knew my father's sister till in those weeks beside the sickbed.
The Price of the Prairie|Margaret Hill McCarter
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

The greedy priest hovers about the sickbed, ready to take any possible advantage of human weakness.
Exempting the Churches|James F. Morton. Jr.

Medical definitions for sickbed

sickbed

[ sĭk′bĕd′ ]

n.

A sick person's bed.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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