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sickbay

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sickbay (ˈsɪkˌbeɪ)

—n
	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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sickbay sick·bay (sĭk'bā')
n.

The hospital and dispensary of a ship.
A place in which the sick or injured are treated.

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