Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medical emergency

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables: med-i-cal e-mer-gen-cy
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation where a person's health is in immediate danger due to an acute injury or illness.

Example Sentences

"Other times, I arrive at work to find a helicopter blocking my entry to the parking lot. We are so far from a hospital that can treat children, serious medical emergencies have to be airlifted out."

Inflected Forms

medical emergencies (plural)

Questions

What does medical emergency mean?: A situation where a person's health is in immediate danger due to an acute injury or illness.

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