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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The couple decided to return to the emergency room for a second dose, where a new doctor — an older man — was on call.
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Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Only days earlier she had been rushed to a local emergency room to treat a kidney stone.
—Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
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Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Only days earlier she had been rushed to a local emergency room to treat a kidney stone.
—Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 18 May 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 29 May. 2024.
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