Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emergency department

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables
emer-gen-cy de-part-ment
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.

Inflected Forms

emergency departments (plural)

Synonyms

ED emergency room accident and emergency casualty

Questions

What does emergency department mean?
A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.

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