bedpan

noun

1. a shallow toilet pan for use by persons confined to bed.
2. bedwarmer.

noun

1. a shallow vessel placed under a bedridden patient to collect faeces and urine
2. another name for warming pan

n.

also bed-pan, 1580s, from bed (n.) + pan (n.).

n.

1. A metal, glass, or plastic receptacle for the urinary and fecal discharges of persons confined to bed.