Meaning & use
Orderlies
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Hospital attendants who assist with routine, non-medical tasks such as moving patients or maintaining wards.
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Two orderlies helped transfer the patient from the gurney to her hospital bed.
The orderlies kept the ward running smoothly while nurses attended to more urgent cases.
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The term originally comes from military hospitals, where "orderly" referred to a soldier assigned routine duties.
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