Tablet that hurt patient -- one of those lying on bed? (10)
I believe the answer is:
pillowcase
'tablet that hurt patient one of those lying on bed?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'tablet that hurt patient' is the wordplay.
'tablet' becomes 'pill' (synonyms).
'that hurt' becomes 'ow' (exclamation of pain).
'patient' becomes 'case' (synonyms).
'pill'+'ow'+'case'='PILLOWCASE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pillowcase that I've seen before include "Item of bedlinen" , "Item of bed linen" .)