stairchair

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noun

A foldout gurney used to transport a medical patient up and down stairs.

“Pick that wheelchair patient up and place her in the stairchair to get down that flight of stairs.”

OriginEnglish chair ← Middle English chayere ← Old French chaiere →
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Meanings

nounstairchair (plural stairchairs)

plural stairchairs

  1. emergency medicineA foldout gurney used to transport a medical patient up and down stairs.

    Pick that wheelchair patient up and place her in the stairchair to get down that flight of stairs.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steygʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*stéygʰeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*stīganą
  4. Proto-Germanic*staigijaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*staigraz
  6. Proto-Germanic*staigriz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*staigri
  8. Old Englishstǣġer
  9. Middle Englishsteire
  10. Englishstair
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  14. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  15. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  18. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  19. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  20. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  21. Latincathedra
  22. Old Frenchchaiere
  23. Middle Englishchayere
  24. Englishchair
  25. Englishstairchair

From stair + chair.

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APA

stairchair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stairchair

MLA

“stairchair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stairchair. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stairchair,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stairchair.

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