sick bay

Definition of sick baynext
as in hospital
a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured The new naval vessel includes a state-of-the-art sick bay.

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Recent Examples of sick bay While navigating the chaos, fans will enter the shuttle bay, sick bay, control room, and turbolift before being redirected to the ship’s bridge. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025 The project will include four kennel runs, a cat quarantine room and sick bay, clinic room with two surgery bays, office and storage areas, an education meeting room and a sally port. Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023 At Fox Hill, which is more formally called the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services facility, Bankman-Fried shared the one-room sick bay with four other men. Katanga Johnson, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022 With a wave of this fictional device, a Starfleet crew member could get a comprehensive medical analysis without having to be admitted to the ship’s sick bay. Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2015 See All Example Sentences for sick bay
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Noun
  • These counties have no hospitals or birth centers providing obstetric care, and no obstetric clinician.
    Kayley Corley, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2026
  • That has changed quietly, with robots now performing important roles in operating rooms, hospital wards, rehabilitation centers, and corridors around the world.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Polly had spent years moving between workhouses and infirmaries, sometimes returning to her father’s house.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, people at Hamilton mostly wanted to talk about the $55 million infirmary renovation.
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

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“Sick bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20bay. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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