hospital bed

noun

1. a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hospital bed¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

In my hospital bed, I turned the camera on myself, not as a self-indulgence, but to spotlight a nasty cancer that’s hard to treat and even harder to beat.

From BBC

In her evidence, she said a request had been made to the government, for 10,000 extra permanent, staffed hospital beds, in July 2020.

From BBC

They added that even from her hospital bed, she "continued to champion the issues that she had dedicated her life to".

From BBC

At no point did the NHS have to impose a formal ‘national triage’, where someone was refused treatment because they could not get a hospital bed.

From BBC

The rapper delivered her expletive-laden Instagram Live message from a hospital bed and said she had been “extremely sick” since the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times