sickbay

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Etymology

From sick +‎ bay.

Noun

sickbay (plural sickbays)

  1. A place used as a hospital on board a ship, or on a spaceship (in science fiction).
  2. A room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured in a school.
    • 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 3:
      It was the piano lesson again—an orange-tiled floor, one high window, a new upright in a bare room close to the sickbay,

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