emergency room
noun/ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi ruːm/, /ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi rʊm/
/ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi ruːm/, /ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi rʊm/
(abbreviation ER)
(North American English) [countable] (British English accident and emergency, Canadian English, informal emerg [uncountable])
- the part of a hospital where people who need immediate treatment are takenTopics Healthcareb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryEmergency room is used before these nouns:
- admission
- doctor
- nurse
- …
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