Collocation
emergency room
A hospital department for treating people with serious or life-threatening conditions that need immediate attention.
Definition
'emergency room' is a common English collocation. A hospital department for treating people with serious or life-threatening conditions that need immediate attention.
[Verb] + to the emergency room
“After her fall, she had to go to the emergency room for X-rays.”
Examples
- When the child started having difficulty breathing, his parents decided to go to the emergency room.
- He went to the emergency room last night because of a severe headache that wouldn't go away.
- If your symptoms worsen, you should definitely go to the emergency room right away.
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- She's going to the emergency room to get her sprained ankle checked out.
- He ends up going to the emergency room for minor issues more often than not.
- After twisting his knee badly, he knew he had to go straight to the emergency room.
- They were initially reluctant to go to the emergency room due to the long wait times.
- Having trouble breathing, she felt it was urgent to go to the emergency room.
- Even though it was late, her mother made sure she went to the emergency room for a check-up.
- The protocol states that anyone with head trauma must go to the emergency room for observation.
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