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ストレッチャー (sutoretchaa) Japanese meaning: stretcher | Kotomora

ストレッチャー

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Meanings

1

stretcher; gurney; trolley

Refers to a wheeled stretcher used in hospitals or emergency medical settings.

救きゅう急きゅう隊たい員いんが患かん者

じゃ

を

ストレッチャー

に

乗の

せ

た

。

The paramedics placed the patient on a stretcher.

病びょう院いんの廊ろう下かでストレッチャーが通とおるのを見みた。

I saw a gurney going down the hospital corridor.

Related words

担たん架かN1
ストレッチャー is a loanword used mainly in medical/hospital settings, while 担架 is the native Japanese term used more broadly, including in emergency and military contexts.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'stretcher'.