delivery room

noun

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

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Now that Eugenie has had the baby, a girl who was born in a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, on Monday, August 3, the recent reports about the princess trying to keep her parents out of the delivery room resurfaced. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Aug. 2026 In her post, Jessie also included some throwback snaps from Denver’s first few days earthside, including several photos from the delivery room. Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 Many maternal deaths happen not in the delivery room but in the weeks after a baby comes home, once the visits stop and the world assumes the hard part is over. John Boozman, Time, 23 June 2026 The night in the delivery room is long. Literary Hub, 19 June 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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