Noun
A pan for warming beds.
A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA cure for old age is a very common wish,” Kurtz observed. "Dashed slug-a-beds want to be shot by a jealous husband, not a nurse bored with emptying the bedpan. Charles Stross
It wasn't until the extraordinary women and men on our list pioneered a path for nurses from bedpan to bachelor's degree that the seeds of modern nursing were born. Source: Internet
“Miss Stevens missed the bedpan again so I guess it was a normal day,” Amihan said. Source: Internet