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

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

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

“Any abortion recovery room I’ve ever been in has the good tea,” Krajewski told me, adding that it’s usually staff who pay for these refreshments since clinics often operate on shoestring budgets.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 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

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

From Salon • Oct. 17, 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