delivery room

noun

: a special room in a hospital where women give birth to babies

Examples of delivery room in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This prompted him to be in the delivery room with his partner Paloma Jiménez during the birth and cut Hania’s umbilical cord. Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024 The hospital will not allow a dog in the delivery room. Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024 The couple shared the happy news in a joint post on Instagram, posting a few photos from their delivery room. Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024 The fetus’s heart had stopped beating but the doctors moved her into the delivery room anyway. TIME, 13 Oct. 2023 Keeping Up With the Kardashians viewers got an inside look at Kourt’s three previous pregnancies, with cameras following the star all the way into the delivery room. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2023 Nitrous oxide Nitrous oxide, also called laughing gas, is an inhaled anesthetic that is gaining popularity in the delivery room. Kristi Pahr, Parents, 3 Oct. 2023 In the hospital delivery room, my body had entered a panic. Courtney Lund O'Neil, Parents, 18 Sep. 2023 An assortment of flowers was also seen in the background of the hospital’s delivery room. Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023

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“Delivery room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delivery%20room. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Medical Definition

delivery room

noun
: a hospital room especially equipped for the delivery of pregnant women
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