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gurney

 [ger´ne]
a wheeled cot used in hospitals.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

gur·ney

(gŭr'nē),
A stretcher or cot with wheels used to transport patients.
[Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, British physician and inventor, 1793-1875]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

gurney

Nursing A wheeled cot or stretcher for transporting Pts in emergency care, in surgery or used to restrain a prisoner before a lethal injection
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

gur·ney

(gŭr'nē)
A stretcher or cot with wheels used to transport hospital patients.
[Goldsworthy Gurney, British physician and inventor, 1793-1875]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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