hospital gown

noun

: a robe worn by a patient in a hospital

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The escape comes one week after gun suspect Eric Cruz managed to slip away from a cop watching him at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia in Manhattan and run off while still wearing a hospital gown. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025 Tooker, 33, leans in from the left, wearing a mask and a hospital gown, smiling softly as the family's photo is taken. Kayla Grant, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025 He was taken to the nearby hospital for treatment and escaped police custody the next morning while still in his hospital gown. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025 Navy Petty Officer 3 Class Audrie Graham, 27, who serves at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia, was in a hospital gown, hooked up to an IV with marks on his chest in preparation for a double-mastectomy scheduled at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 5, according to his unchallenged statement to the court. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hospital gown

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Medical Definition

hospital gown

noun
: a loose robe that is usually open in the back and is worn by patients in a medical facility (such as a hospital)

called also patient gown, johnny

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