emergency room
noun
: a hospital room or area staffed and equipped for the reception and treatment of persons requiring immediate medical care
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My cousin, an emergency room physician, performed procedures by the light of an iPhone.
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Lara N. Dotson-Renta, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Created by procedural mega-producer Dick Wolf, Chicago Med follows the medical personnel populating a bustling emergency room in a fictional Chicago hospital.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
This time around, the season takes place on the Fourth of July, a notorious day in the emergency room.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
The hospital cleared him for incarceration with a Narcan prescription and instructions to return to the emergency room if symptoms worsened, the lawsuit alleged.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Lara N. Dotson-Renta, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Created by procedural mega-producer Dick Wolf, Chicago Med follows the medical personnel populating a bustling emergency room in a fictional Chicago hospital.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
This time around, the season takes place on the Fourth of July, a notorious day in the emergency room.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
The hospital cleared him for incarceration with a Narcan prescription and instructions to return to the emergency room if symptoms worsened, the lawsuit alleged.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for emergency room
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“Emergency room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20room. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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