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Definition of gurney noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gurney

noun

/ˈɡɜːni/

/ˈɡɜːrni/

(especially North American English)

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a type of trolley that is used for moving patients in a hospital
Word Originlate 19th cent.: apparently named after J. T. Gurney of Boston, Massachusetts (USA), patentee of a new cab design in 1883.

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