noun
gurney
GUR-nee/ˈɡɜːrni/
A wheeled stretcher for transporting patients.
The gurney has a padded surface, raised rails, and swivel wheels.
Etymology
The word first appears in hospital literature for carts carrying food and laundry. Its origin is unknown, so no secure root explains its application to a wheeled patient stretcher.
In context
they began with some of the anesthesia I forget what it was shortly before rolling me out I remember passing through the hallways on the gurney and then coming into the surgery room
More examples
- The attendants rolled the gurney into the room.
- Several gurneys lined the corridor.
- A patient rested on the gurney.
Forms
gurney · gurneys
Similar words
- stretcher
- A stretcher need not have wheels.
- trolley
- Trolley is a broader wheeled cart and common British hospital term.