sick bays

plural of sick bay
as in hospitals
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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Noun
  • The government is somewhere in the middle – approving emergency AC units for hospitals while trying not to be seen as abandoning France’s insulation-first approach to heat.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • The victims were treated at hospitals and later listed in stable condition, police said.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • What's more, some travel insurance companies don’t cover visits to ship infirmaries.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
  • Nor are they provided with their own sets of keys to access infirmaries, clinics, housing units and psych wards.
    Mary Buser, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Sick bays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20bays. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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