sickbay

See also: sick bay

English

Alternative forms

• sick bay

Etymology

sick +‎ bay

Noun

sickbay (plural sickbays)

1. A place used as a hospital on board a ship, or on a spaceship (in science fiction).
2. A room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured in a school.
   • 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 3:

     It was the piano lesson again—an orange-tiled floor, one high window, a new upright in a bare room close to the sickbay,

Synonyms

• infirmary

Translations

a room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured — see sick bay