(Military) a list of the sick, esp in the army or navy Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch to new thesaurus Noun...
ambulance - Once brought the hospital to the patient—and kept the name when it reversed the process and started bringing the patients to the hospital; its original meaning was "mobile hospital following an army." nosocomial - "Pertaining to a hospital" or "originating in a hospital." bedlam...
When Torn couldn't find any sutures in the cabinets, he yelled for the remaining man waiting in the passageway. "You, get up to my quarters and bring back my flight kit. I don't know the compartment number—ask a steward. And hurry!" After ten minutes passed and the man had not re...
One of several remarkable things about Ang Lee's new movie Brokeback Mountain is that, though set in 1963, you could spend the first three- quarters of an hour imagining it to be 1863. The spareness of the composition, wherein a man, a horse and the yawning skies of Wyoming might be...
Define sick call. sick call synonyms, sick call pronunciation, sick call translation, English dictionary definition of sick call. n. 1. A daily lineup of military personnel requiring medical attention. 2. A signal announcing the time for such a lineup. A