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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.

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

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

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024

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

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2023

When my dad watched me break down in the recovery room, he relaxed.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023

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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