medical emergency

noun

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

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Meanings

nounmedical emergency (plural medical emergencies)

plural medical emergencies

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

    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.

    2019 May 15, Adrian Rennix, “Waiting for the Holy Infant of Atocha”, in Current Affairs
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APA

medical emergency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medical%20emergency

MLA

“medical emergency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medical%20emergency. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medical emergency,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medical%20emergency.

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