What does gurney mean?
Gurney means (US) A stretcher having wheeled legs..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US) A stretcher having wheeled legs..
The death row convict was strapped into the gurney in order to be given the lethal injection.
I’m pretty sure I didn’t actively steer towards the tree, but… I don’t know. I just remember that wave of despair and then the EMTs pulling me out of the car and putting me on a gurney.
Yet her vision has narrowed strangely (good, for she was in a medical facility, if she were having a hemorrhage or a stroke it could not be happening at a more convenient time) so that she was able to see little in the fluorescent-lit space except the man who lay motionless on a gurney beneath the strongest of the lights.
Use gurney when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gurney means (US) A stretcher having wheeled legs..
Common synonyms include trolley.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The death row convict was strapped into the gurney in order to be given the lethal injection.
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