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

Example Sentences

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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

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

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