Definition of "emergency room" [emergency room]

• The section of a health care facility for providing rapid treatment to victims of sudden illness or trauma. (noun)

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• "His brother drove him to the emergency room at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center where he was hospitalized until the bleeding stopped."
• "Six minutes later, Stuey was wheeled into the emergency room at University Medical Center on West Charleston."
• "Dr. Brent Morgan conducted a study in an Atlanta hospital and found that a substantial percentage of undiagnosed illnesses in the emergency room could be linked to moonshine consumption."