Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emergency room

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
emer-gen-cy -room
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
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.

Canadian usage; American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

emergency rooms (plural)

Synonyms

ER accident and emergency casualty emergency department

Questions

What does emergency room 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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