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Emergency Room

Definition: Emergency Room

Emergency Room

Noun

1. An operating room reserved for emergency operations.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

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Crosswords: Emergency Room

English words defined with "emergency room": d.o.a.. (references)
Specialty definitions using "emergency room": admissions clerkclinic clerkHOSPITAL-ADMITTING CLERK, hospital-receiving clerkMANAGER, POOL, medical clerkx-ray technologis. (references)

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Modern Usage: Emergency Room

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I went to the emergency room, where they pried the thing out of my nose and shot me up with antibiotics. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

Movie/TV Titles

Emergency Room 2 (1999)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Emergency Room

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Day in the Life of an Emergency Room Nurse (reference)

  • Dxrx Case Study Emergency Room (Cd-Rom for Macintosh) (reference)

  • Emergency Room (reference)

  • The Knife and Gun Club: Scenes from an Emergency Room (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Emergency Room

Photos:
Emergency Room

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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Emergency Room

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

West Hudson Hospital, Kearny, N.J. : Nurse with child in emergency room.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U.S. Air Force. Hospital, Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La. : Interior view- Emergency Room.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U.S. Air Force. Hospital, Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La. : Interior view- Emergency Room.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Emergency room. Herrin Hospital (private). Herrin, Illinois.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Emergency Room

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In the emergency room (ER), trained staff treat life-threatening injuries or illnesses. (references)

This could be assessed by looking at variety of indicators including drug treatment and emergency room admissions. (references)

There are some established protocols that emergency room physicians use to treat individuals who have had a methamphetamine overdose. (references)

Travel

Indonesia

For emergency cardiac care, go to the cardiac emergency unit, not to the regular emergency room. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

It has a 24-hour emergency room, a five-bed intensive care unit, CT scanner, and five sterile operating suites. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Emergency Room

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001You have the right to emergency room care, wherever and whenever you need it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Emergency Room

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

emergency room

151

emergency room nurse

21

emergency room nursing

19

emergency room physician

11

emergency room game

10

emergency room 2

9

emergency room technician

8

emergency room doctor

6

emergency room 3

6

emergency room story

6

hospital emergency room

5

emergency room software

5

emergency room code red

4

emergency room disaster strike

4

cost emergency room

4

emergency room visit

4

emergency room life or death

3

emergency room staffing

3

consultant emergency room

3

triage and emergency room

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Emergency Room

Language Translations for "emergency room"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏غرفة الطوارئ. (various references)

   

Czech

  

ošetřovna (dispensary, infirmary). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

polikliniek (acute day ward, health care center, health care centre, outpatient department, polyclinic). (various references)

   

French

  

service d'urgence, service des urgences, chambre d'urgence. (various references)

   

German

  

unfallstation (casualty unit, casualty ward, first aid station), Notzimmer. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ח"ר מיון (casualty ward). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

intenzív osztály (intensive care), intenzív kórterem. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

救命センター (hospital emergency room). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きゅうめいセンター (hospital emergency room). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

emergencyay oomray

   

Portuguese

  

telefones de emergência. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

приемный покой. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

soba za hitne slučajeve. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sala de urgente (casualty ward), sala de urgencia (casualty ward). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

acil servis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Emergency Room

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-g-m-m-n-o-o-r-r-y"

-4 letters: emergency, greenroom.

-5 letters: ceremony, commoner, cymogene, greenery, mergence, monogerm.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Emergency Room


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6D 65 72 67 65 6E 63 79      52 6F 6F 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101101 01100101 01110010 01100111 01100101 01101110 01100011 01111001 00100000 01010010 01101111 01101111 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#109 &#101 &#114 &#103 &#101 &#110 &#99 &#121 &#32 &#82 &#111 &#111 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006D 0065 0072 0067 0065 006E 0063 0079      0052 006F 006F 006D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

397971847371806991252818179

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Speeches
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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