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emergency room
noun
: a hospital room or area staffed and equipped for the reception and treatment of persons requiring immediate medical care
Examples of emergency room in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The medical staff there checked her vitals and then made the decision to send her to an emergency room — all while Beauvais, 57, was by her side.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Medical personnel had no idea who Layman was when the women dropped him at the emergency room.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2024
Despite accounting for only 0.32% of the total cannabis sales in Colorado, edibles accounted for almost 11% of those emergency room visits.3
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—Syeda Khaula Saad, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2024
Patton also said some of the employees were taken to the emergency room afterward, reports 44News Evansville.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
Our elevator in the back of the emergency room had been broken for over a year.
—Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
Getting the worst headache of your life should send you to the emergency room.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said at a news conference Tuesday that Columbus police responded to Prairie Ridge Health, 1515 Park Ave., at about 6:20 a.m. Monday for a report of a man outside the entrance of the emergency room with a gun.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
Children who do not attend their well-child visits are more likely to go to the emergency room and be hospitalized for illnesses like asthma.
—Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1886, in the meaning defined above
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“Emergency room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20room. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.
Kids Definition
emergency room
noun
: a hospital room or area with doctors, nurses, and medical equipment for treating persons needing immediate medical care
Medical Definition
emergency room
noun
: a hospital room or area staffed and equipped for the reception and treatment of persons with conditions (as illness or trauma) requiring immediate medical care
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