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On a table in the recovery room sat a notebook where patients could write messages to one another.
—Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Its general hospitals offer a wide range of services, including acute care, operating and recovery rooms, radiology, respiratory therapy, clinical laboratories, and pharmacies.
—Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Its general hospitals offer acute care services, operating and recovery rooms, radiology and respiratory therapy services, clinical laboratories, and pharmacies.
—Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
In the recovery room, when the anesthesia wore off after the surgery, Garcia’s eyes filled with tears.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above
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“Recovery room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recovery%20room. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
recovery room
noun
: a hospital room where patients are temporarily placed for special care and observation after an operation
Medical Definition
recovery room
noun
: a hospital room which is equipped with apparatus for meeting postoperative emergencies and in which surgical patients are kept during the immediate postoperative period for care and recovery from anesthesia
—abbreviation RR
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