sickroom
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈsɪkˌrum/
:
sala de enfermos
- Shilzad had not left her sickroom in ages.
- sickroom window
- leave the sickroom
- enter the sickroom
Examples
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Hearing a muffled answer, she entered the sickroom.
Fiction book (1994) -
There came a day when Saneko found herself reading proofs for the magazine in a hospital sickroom beside an ailing Natsuko.
Fiction book (1996) -
Late in the afternoon, he went to the sickroom.
Fiction book (1995) -
Entering the sickroom, he raised Yoshiko from the bed in his arms.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her stepfather's sickroom was adjacent to the chapel.
Fiction book (1999) -
You know I like cheerfulness and brightness in a sickroom.
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Thinking about this early one afternoon, she sat in the sickroom beside the dying nun, the thin white curtains brushing her face now and then.
Fiction book (1994) -
The nurse carefully arranged fresh flowers in the sickroom to brighten the patient's day.
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During the outbreak, many families transformed a bedroom into a sickroom for their ill relatives.
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When I visited my friend in the sickroom, I brought along a book to keep her company.
Synonyms
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4.1
A room in a place like a school where sick or injured people get care
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6.4
A room on a ship or in a school where sick people are treated
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1.3
A room in a hospital where patients stay to get care
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3.2
A hospital room where nurses watch patients as they wake from anesthesia
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3.0
A room in a hospital where patients with similar needs are cared for together
A room on a ship where staff treat people who are ill or injured
How Comfortable
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1.0
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3.2
4
3.0
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4.1
- Specialized
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3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sickroom comes from the two simple parts sick and room, so it literally means a 'room for the sick'. Think of it like a bedroom but for being cared for when you are ill, which is why it means a place where a sick person is kept or looked after.