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gurney

[ gur-nee ]

noun

plural gurneys.
  1. a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.


gurney

1

/ ˈɡɜːɪ /

noun

  1. a wheeled stretcher for transporting hospital patients
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gurney

2

/ ˈɡɜːɪ /

noun

  1. GurneyIvor (Bertie)18901937MBritishWRITING: poetMUSIC: composer Ivor ( Bertie ). 1890–1937, British poet and composer, noted esp for his songs and his poems of World War I
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gurney1

First recorded in 1935–40; of uncertain origin; perhaps after J. Theodore Gurney, American inventor, who invented a two-wheeled horse-drawn cab in 1883
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gurney1

C20: of unknown origin
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He said sometimes bodies were left on gurneys in the hallways outside of the morgue covered with nothing more than a bedsheet.

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As the scale of destruction emerged, Myanmar officials declared a "mass casualty area" at Naypyidaw General Hospital, where patients lay on gurneys outside, intravenous drips hanging from makeshift stands.

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That leads to a spillover into the corridors, with patients in wheelchairs, on hospital beds and gurneys filling all the available space.

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Piled outside the Two Palms Nursing Center were soot-stained gurneys and wheelchairs.

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The tale of his father on a gurney in the morgue was a deception used to push Perez to confess to killing him.

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