0 a flat dish used as a toilet by people who are too ill to get out of bed --
1 a container serving as a toilet for people who are too ill to get out of bed --
He himself nursed the patients, cleaned their bedpans and lavatories, prepared food and washed them.
The pregnant patient may be forced to use a bedpan and/or a wheelchair during pregnancy (possibly associated with permanent disabilities).
The inventory of his estate included two pewter candlesticks, forty-two pewter dishes, four porringers, thirty-six spoons, one bedpan, and one still.
It is therefore necessary for the patient to either use a diaper, bedpan, or catheters to manage bodily waste eliminations.
When a woman is stripped of her dignity, in pain, and sitting behind a curtain on a bedpan, the last thing she wants is a bloke in the next bed.
That particular hospital cannot use the machines because the bedpans do not fit into them.
We should not have to cost separately the bedpan, the sheets, use of the fan and breakfast.
Another one is the bedpan round for people who do not need a bedpan and who are far better for getting up.
