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Examples of recovery room in a Sentence
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The health center was also renovated to add 5,000 square feet, which includes more procedure rooms, waiting rooms, ultrasound rooms, a recovery room and a lab.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
Ringo lived in the recovery room until Miranda’s release a few days later, his vigil broken only when my wife and I took him out for walks and meals.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
The medical center is slated to include exam rooms, a surgery area, recovery rooms, dental treatment rooms, doctor offices and a reception area, along with a place for the Animal Safehouse program, which started 27 years ago to take care of the pets of domestic violence survivors.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
In the recovery room after birth, Berger started hemorrhaging and wound up needing a blood transfusion.
—Anika Nayak, STAT, 12 Jan. 2024
What Are External Pacemakers Used For? After Surgery After surgery, you are wheeled to the recovery room.
—Jennifer Whitlock, Rn, Msn, Fn, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
Photos of Bayonet Point provided by insiders showed ceiling leaks in a recovery room, oxygen equipment held together with tape, bloody and backed-up sinks, wires dangling from a hole in the wall and cockroaches in the operating room.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
Journals the clinic keeps in the recovery room were filled with entries about challenges the patients had faced.
—Kate Kelly, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2023
When Karolina was brought into the surgical recovery room, Bean monitored her for any signs of distress.
—Freep.com, 4 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near recovery room
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“Recovery room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recovery%20room. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
recovery room
noun
: a hospital room where patients are temporarily placed for special care and observation after an operation
Medical Definition
recovery room
noun
: a hospital room which is equipped with apparatus for meeting postoperative emergencies and in which surgical patients are kept during the immediate postoperative period for care and recovery from anesthesia
—abbreviation RR
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