emergency room
noun
a hospital area equipped and staffed for the prompt treatment of acute illness, trauma, or other medical emergencies. ER
emergency rooms
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pluralof emergency room.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At least 23 people have died from heat-related illnesses in the country so far this year, while nearly 2,500 have visited emergency rooms for heat-related conditions since mid-May, authorities say.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Falls alone send three million adults age 65-plus to hospital emergency rooms each year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
That could include chief medical officers and chief nursing officers, as well as heads of surgery, emergency rooms, oncology, obstetrics, cardiology and other specialties, they say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Some doctors failed to recognize the role of vitamin K when a baby came into their emergency rooms, let alone knew how to reverse the damage from the declined shots.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
Maybe it would shock her back to life, like those paddles they use in emergency rooms.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
