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 woman went back to the emergency room, but again showed normal tests, so she was given intravenous pain medications that helped her still-pounding headache and was sent home with the same instructions, doctors said.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
Walters also allegedly instructed a nurse no not enter the emergency room where Brooks was, the indictment said.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Her doctor in Cap Ferret, France was thought to have recommended antibiotics in a letter sent to the hospital's emergency room doctors.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Two emergency room workers were injured during a stabbing incident inside an Illinois hospital, officials say.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
Walters also allegedly instructed a nurse no not enter the emergency room where Brooks was, the indictment said.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Her doctor in Cap Ferret, France was thought to have recommended antibiotics in a letter sent to the hospital's emergency room doctors.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Two emergency room workers were injured during a stabbing incident inside an Illinois hospital, officials say.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2025
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 26 Feb. 2025.
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