sick bay
noun
: a compartment in a ship used as a dispensary and hospital
broadly
: a place for the care of the sick or injured
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While navigating the chaos, fans will enter the shuttle bay, sick bay, control room, and turbolift before being redirected to the ship’s bridge.
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Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
Welles lands in sick bay with copper poisoning from eating too much raw organ meat.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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
Doorways on one side lead into a rabbit’s warren of corridors and rooms, including cramped sailors’ quarters, comfy officers’ bedrooms, kitchens, sick bays, even a barbershop and a laundry—a reminder that 4,000 sailors and officers at a time used to call this ship home.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 25 July 2023
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Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
Welles lands in sick bay with copper poisoning from eating too much raw organ meat.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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
Doorways on one side lead into a rabbit’s warren of corridors and rooms, including cramped sailors’ quarters, comfy officers’ bedrooms, kitchens, sick bays, even a barbershop and a laundry—a reminder that 4,000 sailors and officers at a time used to call this ship home.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 25 July 2023
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“Sick bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20bay. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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