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emergency room
noun
accident and emergency
noun
casualty
noun
Definition of
emergency room noun
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
emergency room
noun
(
North American English
) (
abbr.
ER
)
(
British English
accident and emergency
)
the part of a hospital where people who need urgent treatment are taken