: a hospital room equipped for meeting postoperative emergencies
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Last week, an American reality-show contestant posted footage of himself in the recovery room of a hospital after an operation.—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026 The nurse came to get me in the waiting room and said the treatment was a success and that Marianne was coming out of anesthesia in the recovery room.—David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026 The latter has hyperbaric chambers, a cryotherapy lab, a massage suite and a recovery room.—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026 Live vlogging minutes after the anesthesia has worn off in the recovery room.—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for recovery room
: a hospital room where patients are temporarily placed for special care and observation after an operation
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recovery room
noun
: a hospital room which is equipped with apparatus for meeting postoperative emergencies and in which surgical patients are kept during the immediate postoperative period for care and recovery from anesthesia—abbreviation RR
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