sickroom

American  

[sik-room, -room] / ˈsɪkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. a room in which a sick person is confined.

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sickroom British  

/ -ˌrʊm, ˈsɪkˌruːm /

noun

1. a room to which a person who is ill is confined

2. a room set aside, as in a school, for people who are taken ill

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Etymology

Origin of sickroom

First recorded in 1740–50; sick ¹ + room

Example Sentences

Advice about food preparation for "invalids", "convalescents" or "the sickroom" would commonly take up an entire section of cookbooks.

From Salon

To prevent infected air from seeping out of the sickroom, Fox suggests wedging towels in the gap under the bedroom door.

From Seattle Times

Her mother read Hans Christian Andersen stories as a vaporizer sent puffs of yellow steam into the sickroom.

From New York Times

He says he is a doctor “offering cures” but always also the patient in the sickroom.

From Washington Post

In several, the setting is a sickroom, and in some the allegorical mode still dominates.

From New York Times

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