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
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.
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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
Unlike those prisoners, Bankman-Fried has been held in the sick bay.
—Katanga Johnson, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022
After being denied bail last week, Bankman-Fried was moved to the island’s infamous Fox Hill where he is being kept in the sick bay and undergoing medical evaluation, according to the Washington Post.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
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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
Unlike those prisoners, Bankman-Fried has been held in the sick bay.
—Katanga Johnson, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022
After being denied bail last week, Bankman-Fried was moved to the island’s infamous Fox Hill where he is being kept in the sick bay and undergoing medical evaluation, according to the Washington Post.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick bay
Noun
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Soccer Player Sidelined Due to Injury from 'Pretty Hefty Sneeze' According to Ashley, the hospital staff were astonished.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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In an Episode 2 hospital flashback, Abby discovers her father, who was about to remove Ellie's brain for a humanity-saving cure.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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After the beating, another correction sergeant, Donald Slawson, mopped up the blood in the infirmary, preventing investigators from finding any blood spatter to analyze, prosecutors allege.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Last month 10 former New York corrections employees were indicted in the killing of Robert Brooks, an inmate violently beaten while handcuffed in a prison infirmary in December.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Sick bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20bay. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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