Thesaurus results for SICK BAY

sick bay

noun

Definition of sick bay

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

Margaritora, the chief thoracic surgeon at Rome's Gemelli hospital, also confirmed that the nodule was discovered by chance during routine abdominal examinations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Nellis Air Force Base Public Affairs issued a statement saying that the service member — assigned to the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2 — was injured at the stadium and died at a local hospital.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of hospital

Noun

He was brought to the prison infirmary, where numerous guards surrounded, punched, kicked, choked, dropped and manhandled him.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
After one encounter with jail staff, Phillip was taken to the infirmary with a bloody white bag over his head and one eye swollen shut.

— Jim DeFede, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026