recovery room

recovery room
a room near the operating or delivery room of a hospital, equipped with specific apparatus and staffed by specially trained personnel for emergencies, used for the recovery from anesthesia of a postoperative or obstetrical patient before being brought to a hospital room or ward.
[1915-20]

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  • recovery room — noun a hospital room for the care of patients immediately after surgery • Hypernyms: ↑hospital room …   Useful english dictionary

  • recovery room — noun Date: 1916 a hospital room equipped for meeting postoperative emergencies …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • recovery room — special room for the recuperation of ill people or those who have undergone an operation …   English contemporary dictionary

  • recovery room — noun (C) a room in a hospital where people first wake up after their operation …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • recovery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ amazing, astonishing (BrE), dramatic, excellent, miraculous, remarkable ▪ Laura made a miraculous recovery. ▪ good …   Collocations dictionary

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