emergency room

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emergency room

noun emergency rooms

  1. Canada, Philippines, US 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: ER, accident and emergency, casualty, emergency department

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noun hospital department

Españolsala de emergencias, sala de urgencias
한국어응급실 eunggeupsil
日本語救急救命室 kyūkyūkyūmeishitsu
中文急診室 /急诊室 jízhěnshì
हिन्दीआपातकालीन कक्ष āpātkālīn kakṣ
Portuguêspronto-socorro
Françaissalle d'urgences, salle des urgences
DeutschNotaufnahme, Sanitätsraum, Rettungsstelle
Italianopronto soccorso
Românăsală de urgență
Русскийотделе́ние э́кстренной медици́нской по́мощи otdelénije ékstrennoj medicínskoj pómošči, неотло́жка neotlóžka
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@misc{emergency_room_2026,
  title = {emergency room},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/emergency%20room},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}