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sick·bay

 (sĭk′bā′)
n.
1. The hospital and dispensary of a ship.
2. A place where the sick or injured are treated.
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sickbay

(ˈsɪkˌbeɪ)
n
(Medicine) a room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured, as on board a ship or at a boarding school
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sickbay - (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship)
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight
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Translations

sickbay

[ˈsɪkbeɪ] Nenfermería f
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sickbay

[ˈsɪkˌbeɪ] ninfermeria
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Pakistan Navy has also established Sickbays which are small medical setups stretched along the coastline at Gwadar, Jiwani, and Pasni to provide basic medical treatment to the people of surrounding areas.
Akabuike said that the exercise was to monitor and access the operation of the medical personnel stationed at the sickbays they established in all the holding centres in the state to know the areas they recorded successes as well as their challenges in order to enhance their services.
However, the church groups gave special consideration to children and mothers who were admitted in sickbays and hospitals with severe kwashiorkor by providing them with a full diet.