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hospital bed

hospital bed noun: a type of single bed with a frame in three sections in order to raise the head, middle or foot as required.

hospital bed: a type of single bed with a frame in three sections in order to raise the head, middle or foot as...
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Noun

hospital bed (plural hospital beds)

  1. A type of single bed with a frame in three sections in order to raise the head, middle or foot as required.
    • The family bought a hospital bed from a DME supplier so that their grandmother could continue living at home with her family.
  2. One inpatient bed, as a unit of measure of hospital capacity and utilization thereof.
    • The region is expected to add 800 hospital beds over the next 5 years.

Forms of hospital bed

pluralhospital beds

Questions about hospital bed

What does hospital bed mean?
Hospital bed means a type of single bed with a frame in three sections in order to raise the head, middle or foot as required.
What part of speech is hospital bed?
Hospital bed is a noun.
What is the plural of hospital bed?
The plural of hospital bed is hospital beds.

Words near hospital bed in the dictionary

  1. hospitage
  2. hospitages
  3. hospital
  4. hospital bag
  5. hospital bags
  6. hospital bed
  7. hospital beds
  8. hospital corner
  9. hospital corners
  10. hospital corpsman
  11. hospital corpsmen

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