definition gurney
d49f2261e257f411dd93b2fe930f6207
Definitions &Translations Gurney. A gurney, known as a trolley outside North America, is the U.S. term for a type of stretcher used in modern hospitals and ambulances in developed areas. A hospital gurney is a kind of narrow bed on a wheeled frame which may be adjustable in height.
dc9cb1a3ea8f0629cbfb9a7df6d799dc
blanket Definition of blanket. 1  1a : a large usually oblong piece of woven fabric used as a bed coveringb : a similar piece of fabric used as a body covering (as for an animal) a horse blanket. 2  2 : something that resembles a blanket a blanket of fog a blanket of gloom.
5febda615ca955a165ae3712bade9fed
- Definition of cope. 1  1 : a long envelopingecclesiastical vestment The priest wore a cope for the benediction. 2  2a : something resembling a cope (as by concealing or covering) … the dark sky's starry cope … — P. B. Shelleyb : coping.
b9ad5f3e56fb9f85e5dc8e8fa7862ac8
- A horizontal beam or bar held up by two pairs of divergent legs and used as a support. 2. A framework consisting of slanted braces and horizontal crosspieces supporting a bridge or causeway.
5bcd9e8cfe16caefe2084f41c798a2ac
- Definition of ramp. 1  1 : a sloping way or plane: such asa : a sloping floor, walk, or roadway leading from one level to anotherb : a slope for launching boats. 2  2 : apron 2h.
bb03b4ff42645e2dccc3b8dd971cca0f
- › a ​light ​bed on ​wheels, used to ​move ​patients in a ​hospital. (Definition of gurney from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press).
2fda0803342a9d717df7d2c8cbf6d12b
bolster Definition of bolster. 1  1 : a long pillow or cushion. 2  2 : a structural part designed to eliminate friction or provide support or bearing (see bearing 5)
b336763846f7cdf44da314cb2ff734c6
Gurney Flap A Gurney Flap – often called simply a Gurney or a wickerbill in the US – is nothing like as sophisticated. Classically it's no more complex than a length of aluminum right-angle rigidly bolted or riveted to a wing's trailing edge.
20f9430c314a06cf69dda7c4e211eb39
Definitions &Translations Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Tray. A tray is a shallow platform designed for carrying things. It can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, wood, melamine, and papier-mâché. Some examples have raised galleries, handles, and short feet for support. Trays are flat, but with raised edges to stop things from sliding off of them.
320d10364656b603b51a24eb907ce3d1
- A wheelchair is a chair with wheels. The device comes in variations allowing either manual propulsion by the seated occupant turning the rear wheels by hand, or electric propulsion by motors. There are often handles behind the seat to allow it to be pushed by another person.
e29707d667eb5fd3d80ee221a6ab3102
- Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Durable medical equipment used to describe any medical equipment used in the home to aid in a better quality of living. It is a benefit included in most insurances. In some cases certain Medicare benefits, that is, whether Medicare may pay for the item.
30b615f35254ce84d515276aa08b6c32
- Handbill definition, a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand. See more.
37785bd52c1c6903ba7fbf0305d81f9a
halfway house halfway house. n. 1. a place to rest midway on a journey. 2. the halfway point in any progression. 3. (Social Welfare) a centre or hostel designed to facilitate the readjustment to private life of released prisoners, former psychiatric patients, etc.
d9fd222bc195cf55246f6ab76dd659d8
- Definition of QUAY for Kids. : a structure built along the bank of a waterway (as a river) for use as a landing for loading and unloading boats.ull Definition of QUAY. : a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place. See quay defined for English-language learners. See quay defined for kids.
7579eb1cf78be88e4b08bd37ec847a18
- quay. A structure of solid construction along a shore or bank that provides berthing and generally provides cargo-handling facilities. A similar facility of open construction is called a wharf.See also wharf.alf the sky was chequered with black thunderheads, but all the west was luminous and clear: in the lightning flashes it looked like deep blue water, with the sheen of moonlight on it; and the mottled part of the sky was like marble pavement, like the quay of some splendid seacoast city, doomed to destruction.
266d9e9ce8c348cc23c64311c7b6db80
Definitions &Translations A tray is a shallow platform designed for carrying things. It can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, wood, melamine, and papier-mâché. Some examples have raised galleries, handles, and short feet for support.
3bb693a95ddcd38a0de726016fbef3b1
- Definition of abdomen. 1 : the part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis; also : the cavity of this part of the trunk containing the chief viscera.
359aa27fe09c0d1f10e04afc030d094b
crutch (krŭch) n. 1. A support used by an injured or disabled person, often in pairs, as an aid to walking, having a vertical shaft that is sometimes forked, a horizontal grip for the hand, and a crosspiece that is positioned under the armpit or a cuff that wraps around the forearm.
330aefdde65550b65f4752e9e264d022
- WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017. tun•dish (tun′dish′),USA pronunciation n. [Metall.] Metallurgy(in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber. MetallurgyAlso called pouring box, pouring basket, pouring basin. a refractory-lined vessel having holes for distributing metal being teemed into ingot molds. 1350–1400; Middle English; see tun, dish.
9651b71d08dce1be67d7a32380837a6b
definitions - cushionreport a problem Cushion. A cushion is a soft bag of some ornamental material, stuffed with wool, hair, feathers, polyester staple fiber, non-woven material, or even paper torn into fragments. It may be used for sitting or kneeling upon, or to soften the hardness or angularity of a chair or couch.
31379d06a13b804d6fea692d0ccc8ec0
- A gurney used to restrain condemned prisoners during the lethal injection… (Pat Sullivan / Associated…). Reporting from Houston — The cost of executions is soaring, especially in the state that conducts the most: Texas. gurney used to restrain condemned prisoners during the lethal injection… (Pat Sullivan / Associated…). Reporting from Houston — The cost of executions is soaring, especially in the state that conducts the most: Texas.
7114c6c8c6d21136ab71a8649fca618a
Medical equipment - thesaurus medical a tube that carries liquid away from your body, for example one that carries blood away from an injury. noun. medical a piece of equipment used in a hospital for putting a liquid such as medicine directly into your body.
307dce8d14a26121ef8a494ce259e24a
- punt noun [ C ] (BOAT) › 1  a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom and square ends, moved by a person standing at one end and pushing on the bottom of a river with a pole.
090cdcd2ab1e5a2a673f10ea704cf895
- Definition of torso. plural. torsos. or. torsi. play \ˈtȯr-ˌsē\. 1 : a sculptured representation of the trunk of a human body. 2 : something (such as a piece of writing) that is mutilated or left unfinished.
a8300a427c2b3da7579a191b171aa074
- [ɑːrˈtɪkjʊleɪtɪd] (British) adj [ vehicle, toy ] → semi-remorque articulated lorry n (British) → semi-remorque m, camion semi-remorque m.hough Jeremy Bentham's skeleton, which hangs for candelabra in the library of one of his executors, correctly conveys the idea of a burly-browed utilitarian old gentleman, with all Jeremy's other leading personal characteristics; yet nothing of this kind could be inferred from any leviathan's articulated bones.
6dff65945e15c4c3ce6119ef3a030347
Definitions &Translations An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient.