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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In more extreme cases, people should call 911 or be taken to the emergency room.
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Solcyré Burga, TIME, 12 July 2024
Aspiring emergency room doctors may want to check out Kill, a film that truly lives up to its name.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
He was pronounced dead in the emergency room a short time later.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 July 2024
Trends remain high across the West, though COVID-19 emergency room visits now appear to have peaked in Hawaii after recording some of the highest rates of patients in over a year.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 5 July 2024
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Solcyré Burga, TIME, 12 July 2024
Aspiring emergency room doctors may want to check out Kill, a film that truly lives up to its name.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
He was pronounced dead in the emergency room a short time later.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 July 2024
Trends remain high across the West, though COVID-19 emergency room visits now appear to have peaked in Hawaii after recording some of the highest rates of patients in over a year.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 5 July 2024
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 26 Jul. 2024.
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