quarto de doente
1. A room in a house or hospital where a sick person is cared for and rests
The nurse prepared the sickroom with fresh linens and medicine on the bedside table.
A enfermeira preparou o quarto de doente com lençóis limpos e remédios na mesinha de cabeceira.
2. An isolated or private space designated for treating an ill person
During the pandemic, many families set up a sickroom to isolate infected family members.
Durante a pandemia, muitas famílias montaram um quarto de doente para isolar os membros da família infectados.
The term 'sickroom' evokes a more formal, traditional concept of home care that was more common in earlier generations when patients were typically cared for at home rather than in hospitals. In modern usage, it appears frequently in literature, historical contexts, and discussions of home healthcare, but in contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, people more often simply say 'quarto' (room) or reference the patient's bedroom specifically.
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