Meanings
plural emergency rooms
- CanadaPhilippinesUSgovernmentA 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.
Synonyms: ER, accident and emergency, casualty, emergency department
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian спешно отделение
- спешно отделение (spešno otdelenie)hospital department
Catalan sala d'urgències
- sala d'urgèncieshospital department
Chinese Cantonese 急症室
- 急症室hospital department
Chinese Mandarin 急診室 /急诊室
- 急診室 /急诊室 (jízhěnshì)hospital department
Danish skadestue, akutmodtagelse
- skadestuehospital department
- akutmodtagelsehospital department
- modtageafdelinghospital department
Dutch spoedeisende hulp
- spoedeisende hulphospital department
Finnish ensiapupoliklinikka, päivystysosasto
- ensiapupoliklinikkahospital department
- päivystysosastohospital department
- päivystyspoliklinikkahospital department
French salle d'urgences, salle des urgences
- salle d'urgenceshospital department
- salle des urgenceshospital department
German Notaufnahme, Sanitätsraum
- Notaufnahmehospital department
- Sanitätsraumhospital department
- Rettungsstellehospital department
Hebrew מִיּוּן, חֲדַר מִיּוּן
- מִיּוּן (miyyún)hospital department
- חֲדַר מִיּוּן (ẖadár miyyún)hospital department
Hindi आपातकालीन कक्ष
- आपातकालीन कक्ष (āpātkālīn kakṣ)hospital department
Hungarian sürgősségi osztály, baleseti ambulancia
- sürgősségi osztályhospital department
- baleseti ambulanciahospital department
- baleseti osztályhospital department
- sürgősségi betegellátó osztályhospital department
- SBOhospital department
Indonesian instalasi gawat darurat, unit gawat darurat
- instalasi gawat darurathospital department
- unit gawat darurathospital department
Irish Timpistí agus Éigeandáil
- Timpistí agus Éigeandáilhospital department
Italian pronto soccorso
- pronto soccorsohospital department
Japanese 救急救命室
- 救急救命室 (kyūkyūkyūmeishitsu)hospital department
Korean 응급실
- 응급실 (eunggeupsil)hospital department
Norwegian legevakt
- legevakthospital department
Polish izba przyjęć, szpitalny oddział ratunkowy
- izba przyjęćhospital department
- szpitalny oddział ratunkowyhospital department
- SORhospital department
Portuguese pronto-socorro
- pronto-socorrohospital department
Romanian sală de urgență
- sală de urgențăhospital department
Russian отделе́ние э́кстренной медици́нской по́мощи, неотло́жка
- отделе́ние э́кстренной медици́нской по́мощи (otdelénije ékstrennoj medicínskoj pómošči)hospital department
- неотло́жка (neotlóžka)hospital department
Spanish sala de emergencias, sala de urgencias
- sala de emergenciashospital department
- sala de urgenciashospital department
Swedish akutmottagning
- akutmottagninghospital department
Turkish acil servis
- acil servishospital department
Welsh ward ddamweiniau
- ward ddamweiniauhospital department
Cite this entry
emergency room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20room
“emergency room.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20room. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emergency room,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20room.
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