emergency room
noun
a hospital area equipped and staffed for the prompt treatment of acute illness, trauma, or other medical emergencies. Abbreviation: ER
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The people I respect most in the world are emergency-room surgeons who work in war zones.
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Their sister Kaitlyn was showing what it means to be a Stackpole as an emergency-room nurse at a Manhattan hospital.
I called to check on my wife, an emergency-room doctor, on duty that night in comparatively quiet Pasadena.
Medical definitions for emergency room
emergency room
n.
The section of a health care facility intended to provide rapid treatment for victims of sudden illness or trauma.
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