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Webster
1913
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Bedpan
Bed′panˊ
,
Noun.
1.
A pan for warming beds.
Nares.
2.
A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed.
Definition
2024
bedpan
bedpan
English
Noun
bedpan
(
plural
bedpans
)
A
pan
used
for
urination
and
defecation
while in
bed
,
now
usually
for
reasons
of
medical
necessity
or
convenience
.
The nurse emptied the patient's
bedpan
each morning.
Synonyms
See
Wikisaurus:chamber pot
Translations
chamber pot used while still in bed
Bulgarian:
подлога
(bg)
(
podloga
)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
便盆
(zh)
(
biànpén
)
Dutch:
ondersteek
(nl)
m
Finnish:
alusastia
(fi)
French:
bassin hygiénique
m
German:
Steckbecken
n
,
Stechbecken
n
,
Schieber
(de)
m
,
Bettschüssel
f
,
Bettpfanne
f
Greek:
πάπια
(el)
f
(
pápia
)
,
ουροδοχείο
(el)
n
(
ourodocheío
)
Hungarian:
ágytál
(hu)
Japanese:
(
差し込み
)
便器
(
べんき, benki
)
,
おまる
(
omaru
)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
bekken
(no)
n
Nynorsk:
bekken
n
Portuguese:
comadre
(pt)
f
Russian:
су́дно
(ru)
n
(
súdno
)
,
у́тка
(ru)
f
(
útka
)
Etymology
From
bed
+
pan
("
chamber pot
").
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