emergency room
noun
: a hospital room or area staffed and equipped for the reception and treatment of persons requiring immediate medical care
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Another difference is that patients can’t walk into Precourt to seek care, but need a referral from an emergency room or an agency that partners with Vail Health.
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Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
A week prior my daughter had been really sick and landed in the emergency room after having a febrile seizure.
—Cullen Daly, Glamour, 10 May 2025
The unrelenting crises in the emergency room was the engine that kept it running for 331 episodes.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 May 2025
In January 2024, the 66-year-old was admitted to the emergency room at Saint-Jérôme Hospital due to a respiratory virus.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 7 May 2025
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Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
A week prior my daughter had been really sick and landed in the emergency room after having a febrile seizure.
—Cullen Daly, Glamour, 10 May 2025
The unrelenting crises in the emergency room was the engine that kept it running for 331 episodes.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 May 2025
In January 2024, the 66-year-old was admitted to the emergency room at Saint-Jérôme Hospital due to a respiratory virus.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for emergency room
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“Emergency room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20room. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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