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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As the procession of police cruisers drove past the hospital's emergency room late on Monday, crowds of hospital staffers in scrubs stood outside watching.
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Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2024
In comparison, Hahnemann University Hospital treated about 50,000 people in its emergency room and had about 16,000 inpatients annually, and didn’t run a comparable network of outpatient clinics.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2024
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Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2024
In comparison, Hahnemann University Hospital treated about 50,000 people in its emergency room and had about 16,000 inpatients annually, and didn’t run a comparable network of outpatient clinics.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2024
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“Emergency room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20room. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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