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

At the emergency room, he was told several of his organs were failing. —Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025

UnitedHealthcare added that TriHealth’s proposal would increase the costs of several procedures, including knee surgery, hip replacement surgery, colonoscopies, C-Sections, MRIs and emergency room visits. —Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025

Convenience will be the coin of the realm; many doctors’ appointments and emergency room visits will become unnecessary. —Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025

While patients are in recuperative care, they are tended to by a JPS nurse and nurse practitioner, and agree to contact JPS staff before going to the emergency room, Stafford said. —Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Nov. 2025

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