recovery room

American  

noun

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of recovery room

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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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

But in the recovery room doctors realised she was bleeding internally and that she urgently needed the extra surgery.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024

In the recovery room, the TV was turned to the World Ironman Championships.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 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

After many hours of jolting and bumping along the roads in the j eep—after nearly a week of exhausting travel— Salva entered the shanty that served as a recovery room at the makeshift hospital.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park