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

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

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

Suddenly the courtyard outside my recovery room window is ablaze, the entire space filled with the twinkling holiday lights from the park, twisting around the lampposts and the trees.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott