emergency department

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emergency department

noun emergency departments

A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.
Similar: ED, emergency room, accident and emergency, casualty

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noun (healthcare) a department of a hospital

中文	急診室 /急诊室 jízhěnshì, 急症室 jízhèngshì
Português	serviço de urgências, pronto-socorro, pronto-atendimento
Français	urgences
Deutsch	Notaufnahme
Ελληνικά	τμήμα επειγόντων περιστατικών tmíma epeigónton peristatikón
Русский	отделе́ние неотло́жной по́мощи otdelénije neotlóžnoj pómošči
العربية	الطَوَارِئ aṭ-ṭawāriʔ

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@misc{emergency_department_2026,
  title = {emergency department},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/emergency%20department},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}