EMERGENCY ROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emergency room mean? 

• EMERGENCY ROOM (noun)
  The noun EMERGENCY ROOM has 1 sense:

1. a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment

  Familiarity information: EMERGENCY ROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMERGENCY ROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

emergency room; ER

Hypernyms ("emergency room" is a kind of...):

hospital room (a room in a hospital for the care of patients)

 Context examples 

Severe bleeding may require first aid or a trip to the emergency room.

(Bleeding, NIH)

If you or someone you know needs emergency care, go to your hospital's emergency room.

(Emergency Medical Services, NIH)

The study was carried out at the Montefiore Medical Center emergency room in New York City.

(Study: Common Painkillers as Effective as Opioids in Hospital Emergency Room, VOA)

You may need care in the hospital emergency room (ER).

(Emergency Medical Services, NIH)

Studies have shown that many opioid addictions start in the emergency room, where a patient with a broken bone or another injury is sent home with a prescription for a powerful painkiller.

(Study: Common Painkillers as Effective as Opioids in Hospital Emergency Room, VOA)

Researchers studying a hospital emergency room report a cocktail of simple drug store pain relievers work just as well or sometimes better than prescribed opioids.

(Study: Common Painkillers as Effective as Opioids in Hospital Emergency Room, VOA)