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Definition of Sick call
1. Noun. The daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Military Formation
Definition of Sick call
1. Noun. (US military) A daily lineup of military personnel requiring medical attention. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sick Call
Literary usage of Sick call
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1879)
"... sick call," AND THE SCENES THAT ACCOMPANIED IT MUSTERING THE LAME, HALT AND
DISEASED AT THE SOUTH GATE AN ..."
2. Fourteen Months in Southern Prisons: Being a Narrative of the Treatment of by Henry M. Davidson (1865)
"When the hospital was first established outside, only two surgeons were in
attendance at the sick- call, but before the summer was past, twelve additional ..."
3. Army Regulations by Confederate States of America War Dept, United States War Dept (1901)
"sick call. 1431. At sick call the enlisted men of each company who require medical
attention will be conducted to the hospital by a noncommissioned officer, ..."
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