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Noun: emergency room
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Emergency department in a hospital or clinic, staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to people requiring immediate medical treatment
    "The patient was rushed to the emergency room";
    - ER [N. Amer], accident and emergency [Brit], casualty [Brit], A&E [Brit], emergency [N. Amer]

Derived forms: emergency rooms

Type of: hospital room

Encyclopedia: Emergency room