emergency department

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emergency department (plural emergency departments)

  2. (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.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) ED

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