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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At the time of his death, O'Connor worked as an emergency room physician at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center.
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Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 12 May 2024
The cameras showed a blue Nissan Rogue pull up to the hospital's emergency room entrance on the west side of Indianapolis.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2024
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Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 12 May 2024
The cameras showed a blue Nissan Rogue pull up to the hospital's emergency room entrance on the west side of Indianapolis.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2024
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“Emergency room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20room. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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