Definition

Noun: 1. A daily military assembly for reporting illness: A formal, scheduled gathering in a military context where personnel who are feeling unwell must present themselves to a medical officer for assessment and possible treatment or excusal from duty.

Usage

• This term is specific to military or other highly structured organizational environments (e.g., some police forces, boarding schools).
• It refers to the event itself, not the act of being sick. One or sick call.
• It is a compound noun and is typically used without an article when referring to the institution (e.g., "after sick call") but can take an article when referring to a specific instance (e.g., "a sick call was held").

Examples

• Noun:
  • All soldiers feeling ill must report to the sick call at 0700 hours.
  • The sergeant announced that sick call would be held in the medical tent.
  • He missed morning formation because he was at sick call.

Advanced Usage

• "to go on sick call": To attend the sick call formation because one is ill.
  • Private Jones went on sick call this morning with a fever.

Variants and Related Words

• Sick bay (noun): The medical facility or dispensary on a ship, base, or installation.
  • The injured sailor was taken to the sick bay.
• Sick leave (noun): Authorized absence from duty due to illness.
  • He was placed on sick leave for one week.

Synonyms

• Medical muster (noun, military): A similar formal assembly for medical purposes.
• Sick parade (noun, chiefly British military): The British equivalent term for sick call.

Related Phrases

• To report sick: The action of informing a superior that one is ill and needs to see a medical officer.
  • He decided to report sick after experiencing severe pain.

Noun

1. the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick