wheelchair

wheel·chair or wheel chair (wlchâr)

n.

A chair mounted on large wheels for the use of a sick or disabled person.

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wheelchair,

n a mobile chair equipped with large wheels and brakes used to transport patients or to allow disabled persons to move themselves from one place to another. Federal law requires handicapped access to public buildings with ramps, doors, elevators, restrooms, and drinking fountains designed and constructed to allow patients in wheelchairs proper access.

wheelchair transfer,

n the techniques for assisting a wheelchair-bound patient from the wheelchair to the dental chair.