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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a room to which a sick person is confined

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1749 a room in which a person is confined by sickness

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a room occupied by a sick person. 2 a room adapted for sick people.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also sick room(sickrooms) A sickroom is a room in which a sick person is lying in bed. Close friends were allowed into the sickroom. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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