hospital bed

hospital bed (plural hospital beds)

2. A type of single bed with a frame in three sections in order to raise the head, middle or foot as required.

   Hypernym: bed

   Coordinate term: orthopedic bed

   The family bought a hospital bed from a DME supplier so that their grandmother could continue living at home with her family.

4. One inpatient bed, as a unit of measure of hospital capacity and utilization thereof.

   Hypernym: bed

   The region is expected to add 800 hospital beds over the next 5 years.

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