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hoyer

hoyer noun: a device for transferring a person with serious mobility issues to and from the floor, a mobility device (such as a wheelchair), seating, and a bed.

hoyer: a device for transferring a person with serious mobility issues to and from the floor, a mobility...
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Noun

hoyer (plural hoyers)

  1. A device for transferring a person with serious mobility issues to and from the floor, a mobility device (such as a wheelchair), seating, and a bed.
    • About five to ten years ago, facilities in Europe started to phase in different types of lift devices that are just now becoming more common in the United States. […] The portable lifting devices manufactured by medical equipment suppliers are U-shaped and contain wheels and a hoyer-style hydraulic...2002, Victor Regnier, Design for Assisted Living: Guidelines for Housing the Physically and Mentally Frail, page 128
    • St. Luke’s has two types of hoyers that consist of a fabric sling that is placed underneath the patient’s body and an aluminum lift that picks them up. One of the hoyer lifts is electric, while the other is manual.2014 January 27, Dolly A. Butz, “Special Equipment for Moving Heavy Patients Reduces Injuries”, in Claims Journal

Proper noun capitalized: Hoyer

Hoyer (plural Hoyers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of hoyer

Noun
pluralhoyers
Proper noun
pluralHoyers

Origin of hoyer

After Ted Hoyer, a quadriplegic, who co-invented the device.

Questions about hoyer

What does hoyer mean?
Hoyer means a device for transferring a person with serious mobility issues to and from the floor, a mobility device (such as a wheelchair), seating, and a bed.
What part of speech is hoyer?
Hoyer can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hoyer?
The plural of hoyer is hoyers.

Words near hoyer in the dictionary

  1. hoydenism
  2. hoydenisms
  3. hoydens
  4. Hoye
  5. hoyed
  6. hoyer
  7. Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome
  8. hoyers
  9. Hoyerswerda
  10. Hoyes
  11. hoyin

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