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gur·ney
(gûr′nē)n. pl. gur·neys
A metal stretcher with wheeled legs, used for transporting patients.
[Probably after J. Theodore Gurney, American inventor who patented a type of wheeled horse-drawn cab in 1883.]
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gurney
(ˈɡɜːnɪ)n
(Medicine) US a wheeled stretcher for transporting hospital patients
[C20: of unknown origin]
Gurney
(ˈɡɜːnɪ)n
(Biography) Ivor (Bertie). 1890–1937, British poet and composer, noted esp for his songs and his poems of World War I
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gur•ney
(ˈgɜr ni)n., pl. -neys.
a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.
[1935–40; of unexplained orig.]
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gurney
- A stretcher with wheels.See also related terms for wheels.
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| Noun | 1. |  gurney - a metal stretcher with wheels stretcher - a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles |
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kerekes hordágy
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gurney
n (US) → (Trag)bahre f
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gur·ney
n. camilla.
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gurney
n camillaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.