"emergency department" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: emergency departments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} emergency department (plural emergency departments)
  1. (healthcare) A 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. Wikipedia link: emergency department Categories (topical): Healthcare Synonyms: ED [abbreviation], accident and emergency (alt: A&E) [British], casualty [British], emergency room (alt: ER) [North-America] Translations ((healthcare) a department of a hospital): الطَوَارِئ (aṭ-ṭawāriʔ) (Arabic), аддзяле́нне неадкла́днай дапамо́гі (addzjaljénnje njeadkládnaj dapamóhi) [neuter] (Belarusian), 急診室 (Chinese Mandarin), 急诊室 (jízhěnshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 急症室 (jízhèngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), akutmodtagelse [common-gender] (Danish), skadestue c modtagelsesafdeling [common-gender] (Danish), ensiapupoliklinikka (Finnish), ensiapuosasto (Finnish), urgences [feminine, plural] (French), Notaufnahme [feminine] (German), τμήμα επειγόντων περιστατικών (tmíma epeigónton peristatikón) [neuter] (Greek), sürgősségi osztály (Hungarian), sürgősségi betegellátó osztály (Hungarian), szpitalny oddział ratunkowy [masculine] (Polish), serviço de urgências [masculine] (Portuguese), pronto-socorro [masculine] (Portuguese), pronto-atendimento [masculine] (Portuguese), отделе́ние неотло́жной по́мощи (otdelénije neotlóžnoj pómošči) [neuter] (Russian), akutmottagning [common-gender] (Swedish), відді́лення невідкла́дної допомо́ги (viddílennja nevidkládnoji dopomóhy) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-emergency_department-en-noun-iDmp92Dr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, healthcare

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