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sickroom

[ sik-room, -room ]
/ ˈsɪkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /
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noun
a room in which a sick person is confined.
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Origin of sickroom

First recorded in 1740–50; sick1 + room

Words nearby sickroom

sickness benefit, sick note, sicko, sickout, sick pay, sickroom, sick to one's stomach, sic passim, sic semper tyrannis, sic transit gloria mundi, sicut patribus, sit Deus nobis
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Words related to sickroom

dispensary, hospital, sick bay

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British Dictionary definitions for sickroom

sickroom
/ (ˈsɪkˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /
noun
a room to which a person who is ill is confined
a room set aside, as in a school, for people who are taken ill
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