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recovery room

American

noun

a room near the operating or delivery room of a hospital, equipped with specific apparatus and staffed by specially trained personnel for emergencies, used for the recovery from anesthesia of a postoperative or obstetrical patient before being brought to a hospital room or ward.

Etymology

Origin of recovery room

First recorded in 1915–20

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recovery room

For the ultimate in relaxation, there is a recovery room equipped with a sauna, cold plunge, and hot tub.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025

My obstetrician, who herself was nine months pregnant, checked on us in the recovery room.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2023

"The patient became cyanotic with blue lips, movements stopped, the muscles relaxed, deep breathing followed, cyanosis waned, and color returned to the lips as the patient was moved to a recovery room."

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023

Video seen by the BBC shows Nael and other family members later being asked to leave the hospital by police and security staff, who told them they had entered a medical recovery room "without permission".

From BBC ● May 20, 2022

They just moved me out of the recovery room into the trauma intensive-care unit, or ICU.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

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