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bedpan

[bed-pan] / ˈbɛdˌpæn /


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She reserved her deepest attention for the orderlies who came in to change her bedpan and her sheets.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2023

Nursing notes show that Burrell was placed on a bedpan.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2022

But after one of my colleagues said it looked like a bedpan, I just couldn’t unsee the resemblance.

From The Verge • May 28, 2022

Vanessa spooned arroz con gandules into her ailing father’s mouth, refilled his medications and emptied his bedpan.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2018

She relieves herself in the bedpan at the foot of Madame Manec’s bed.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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