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

sick note, sicko, sickout, sick pay, sick role, sickroom, sick sinus syndrome, sick to one's stomach, sic passim, sic semper tyrannis, sic transit gloria mundi

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How to use sickroom in a sentence

"I'm going out and let you sleep," Braceway insisted, displaying the average man's feeling of absolute helplessness in a sickroom.
The Winning Clue|James Hay, Jr.
He ignores the individuality of the room; the ball-room and the sickroom are lighted alike.
Color Value|C. R. Clifford
It is better to live and be done with it, than to die daily in the sickroom.
The Pocket R.L.S.|Robert Louis Stevenson
It is not the stillness of a summer night in the country, nor of a church, nor of a sickroom: it is the silence of death!
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461|Various

A spell seemed, indeed, to rest on all things, which had in it more than the watchful hush of the ordinary sickroom.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady|Lucas Malet

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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Medical definitions for sickroom

sickroom

[ sĭk′rōōm′, -rum′ ]

A room occupied by a sick person.

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