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bedrails

bedrails is the plural of bedrail.

Meaning of bedrail

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

Questions about bedrails

What is bedrails the plural of?
Bedrails is the plural of bedrail.

Words near bedrails in the dictionary

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

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