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 facility was designed to look like a hospital, with an emergency room, intensive care unit, operating rooms, a delivery room complete with mother and child manikins, an intensive care unit and a hospital room. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Suddenly struggling mightily to breathe, Walker had been taken to the emergency room by his mother, Shaunteshia Brown, and would be hospitalized for days. — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Guthrie took his daughter to an emergency room in Dallas, where doctors performed X-rays and a CT scan and gave her Tylenol. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026

Two days after being discharged, Walker returned to the emergency room, reporting abdominal pain and vomiting, the complaint alleges. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for emergency room

• anteroom
• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume

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