sickbay
nounEtymology From sick + bay.
1
A place used as a hospital on board a ship, or on a spaceship (in science fiction).
2
A room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured in a school.
- It was the piano lesson again—an orange-tiled floor, one high window, a new upright in a bare room close to the sickbay,2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 3:
- Synonyms
- infirmary