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gurney

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gur·ney  (gûrn)
n. pl. gur·neys
A metal stretcher with wheeled legs, used for transporting patients.
[Probably after J. Theodore Gurney, American inventor who patented a type of wheeled horse-drawn cab in 1883.]
gurney [ˈgɜːnɪ]
n
(Medicine) US a wheeled stretcher for transporting hospital patients
[of unknown origin]
Gurney [ˈgɜːnɪ]
n
(Biographies / Gurney, Ivor (Bertie) (1890-1937) M, British, WRITING: poet, MUSIC: composer) Ivor (Bertie). 1890-1937, British poet and composer, noted esp for his songs and his poems of World War I
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Noun1.gurneygurney - a metal stretcher with wheels        
stretcher - a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
Translations
gurney [ˈgɜːnɪ] N (US) → camilla f
gurney [ˈgɜːni] (US) n (in hospital) → lit m roulant
gurney
n (US) → (Trag)bahre f


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