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

About a tenth of the approximately 2,400 patients who come to Catalina Island Health’s five-bed emergency room need to go to the mainland for a higher level of care. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Pike survived both doses and was taken to the emergency room for medical treatment. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026

Doe also went to an emergency room in Ithaca, where Cornell is located, and requested a rape kit on November 7, the Times reported, citing the documents. — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026

Tingley was repeatedly taken to the emergency room for assessment, hospital records show. — Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

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