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bedrail

bedrail noun: a rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.

Noun

bedrail (plural bedrails)

  1. A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.
    • As long as surfaces in hospitals are contaminated with drug-resistant bacteria, doctors’ and nurses’ hands become recontaminated seconds after washing and gloving, as soon as they pull open a privacy curtain to see the next patient or touch a bedrail.2008 May 26, “Deadly Infections”, in New York Times

Forms of bedrail

pluralbedrails

Origin of bedrail

From bed + rail.

Questions about bedrail

What does bedrail mean?
Bedrail means a rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.
What part of speech is bedrail?
Bedrail is a noun.
What is the plural of bedrail?
The plural of bedrail is bedrails.

Words near bedrail in the dictionary

  1. bedraggledness
  2. bedragglement
  3. bedragglements
  4. bedraggles
  5. bedraggling
  6. bedrail
  7. bedrails
  8. bedral
  9. bedrals
  10. bedrank
  11. bedrape

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