delivery room

noun

: a special room in a hospital where women give birth to babies

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Fried is surely hoping for a best-case scenario – pitching on Wednesday night and having his child arrive afterward, making the decision much easier about whether to be in the delivery room or on the mound. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 The team and James quickly talked through options, and the way that got him to the delivery room the quickest was actually to wait until after the game and ride back on Jerry Jones’ private jet. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026 Clancy's defense does not dispute that the 36-year-old former delivery room nurse strangled her three children with exercise bands in January 2023. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery room nurse in Massachusetts, has been charged with the 2023 killings of her three children before trying to take her own life. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for delivery room

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Medical Definition

delivery room

noun
: a hospital room especially equipped for the delivery of pregnant women
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