emergency room
- a hospital area equipped and staffed for the prompt treatment of acute illness, trauma, or other medical emergencies. Abbreviation: ER
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for emergency room
Contemporary Examples
The people I respect most in the world are emergency-room surgeons who work in war zones.
Luci: A Revolutionary Solar-Powered Lantern That Shines a Light on PovertyJanine di Giovanni
May 26, 2013
“Carpenter nails,” one emergency-room doctor remarked after extracting them from victim after victim.
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.
emergency room
- The section of a health care facility intended to provide rapid treatment for victims of sudden illness or trauma.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.