orderly
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈɔrdərli/
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celador
- Conscientious objectors were permitted to volunteer as orderlies in mental hospitals.
- a hospital orderly
- nurses and orderlies
- aides and orderlies
So the medical doctor and the African orderly had words that changed my life.
- So the medical doctor and the African orderly had words that changed my life.
- Yeah, and had to be physically restrained by orderlies.
Examples
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Mom had not come back the next morning when an orderly wheeled me into the operating room.
Academic text (2007) -
So how long before the orderlies realize that you're missing?
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Then one morning in the white hospital room, the male orderly handed me a card.
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My orderly is in the hospital with measles.
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My orderly has taken care of it all the time I've been away.
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The team went to work even as the orderlies were heading out of the room.
Fiction book (1992) -
It took four orderlies just to get him on the table.
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I talked to the driver and the medics and the orderlies who received the body.
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But when you're the head nurse, the key is to know when to send in the orderlies.
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The orderly helped me get settled in my hospital room.
Synonyms
1
3.7
A person who helps patients and keeps the hospital clean but does not give medical treatment
A person who cares for sick people in a hospital by doing simple tasks
Compounds
- Archaic
A senior soldier who helps an officer by passing orders and handling the unit's paperwork
Surface Forms
Etymology
Orderly for a hospital helper comes from the word order, which meant 'orders' or instructions and was used for soldiers who helped officers; later the same word was used for hospital staff who did practical jobs for nurses and patients. So an orderly is a helper who follows instructions and assists others.