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

Residents in the town of San Rafael have reported a series of attacks from a vicious brown squirrel that sent at least two people to the emergency room, according to the local humane society. —Mason Leath, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025

Officers affiliated with the hospital told KCKPD investigators an individual arrived at the entrance to the emergency room with what they were told was an explosive device, Navarro said. —Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025

Attorneys have previously argued that the hospital the Cunninghams first brought Sanaa to was not equipped to handle a child in such serious condition, despite advertising itself as an emergency room. —Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025

What started as binge drinking in high school and college became a pattern of blackouts, emergency room visits, regret and shame. —Jonathan Hunt-Glassman, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025

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