sickroom

noun

sick·​room ˈsik-ˌrüm How to pronounce sickroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
Synonyms of sickroomnext
: a room in which a person is confined by sickness

Examples of sickroom in a Sentence

We brought father home from the hospital and converted a spare room into a sickroom.
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This show at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., revealed an artist who always seemed to be emerging from dark sickrooms, seizing the landscape, which struck his eyes as fresh and startlingly sensate. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023 To prevent infected air from seeping out of the sickroom, Fox suggests wedging towels in the gap under the bedroom door. — Liz Szabo, NBC News, 17 May 2022

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First Known Use

1749, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sickroom was in 1749

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sickroom

noun
sick·​room ˈsik-ˌrüm How to pronounce sickroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room in which a sick person stays

Medical Definition

sickroom

noun
sick·​room ˈsik-ˌrüm, -ˌru̇m How to pronounce sickroom (audio)
: a room in which a person is confined by sickness

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