delivery room

noun

An operating theatre or similar room in a hospital or other medical facility, furnished with suitable equipment and staffed by physicians, surgeons, or other medical workers, for the purpose of assisting mothers with the births of their babies.

Meanings

noundelivery room (plural delivery rooms)

plural delivery rooms

  1. medicineAn operating theatre or similar room in a hospital or other medical facility, furnished with suitable equipment and staffed by physicians, surgeons, or other medical workers, for the purpose of assisting mothers with the births of their babies.

    Too many expectant mothers go to the delivery room terrified of what may be about to happen.

    1951 January 1, “Medicine: Without Fear”, in Time
    1 more example

    When the mothers and their babies are brought out of the delivery room, “the postpartum nurse greets them at the desk and starts the ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs,’ and how lucky they were to have the nurse in the delivery,” Ms. Callahan said.

    2011 November 7, Jordan Rau, “Test for Hospital Budgets: Are the Patients Pleased?”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Jan 2012

Translations

Bulgarian родилна зала
  • родилна зала (rodilna zala)room in a hospital
Chinese Mandarin 產房 /产房
  • 產房 /产房 (chǎnfáng)room in a hospital
Danish fødestue
  • fødestueroom in a hospital
Dutch verloskamer
  • verloskamerroom in a hospital
Finnish synnytyshuone
  • synnytyshuoneroom in a hospital
French salle d'accouchement
  • salle d'accouchementroom in a hospital
German Kreißsaal, Geburtsraum
  • Kreißsaalroom in a hospital
  • Geburtsraumroom in a hospital
Hungarian szülőszoba
  • szülőszobaroom in a hospital
Indonesian kamar bersalin, ruang bersalin
  • kamar bersalinroom in a hospital
  • ruang bersalinroom in a hospital
  • bilik persalinanroom in a hospital
Italian sala parto
  • sala partoroom in a hospital
Japanese 分娩室
  • 分娩室 (bunbenshitsu)room in a hospital
Korean 산실, 분만실
  • 산실 (sansil)room in a hospital
  • 분만실 (bunmansil)room in a hospital
Malay bilik bersalin
  • bilik bersalinroom in a hospital
Portuguese sala de parto
  • sala de partoroom in a hospital
Slovak pôrodnica
  • pôrodnicaroom in a hospital
Spanish paritorio
  • paritorioroom in a hospital
Swedish förlossningsrum
  • förlossningsrumroom in a hospital
Cite this entry
APA

delivery room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delivery%20room

MLA

“delivery room.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delivery%20room. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delivery room,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delivery%20room.

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