gurney

gur-ney · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (chiefly North American) A wheeled stretcher used for transporting hospital patients.

Forms

plural: gurneys

Related words

See also: ambulance, hospital, stretcher
Synonyms: stretcher, trolley, wheeled bed

Etymology

Named after J. Theodore Gurney, an American inventor who patented a type of cab in the 19th century. The term was later applied to wheeled hospital stretchers.