Gurney

/ˈɡɜɹni/ noun

A wheeled stretcher or bed used in hospitals to transport patients.

Likely from 'gurney' or 'Gurney,' possibly named after a manufacturer, though the exact origin is debated. The term emerged in American English in the early 1900s for hospital equipment.

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