recovery room

recovery room
A hospital facility with special equipment and personnel for the immediate postoperative care of patients as they recover from anesthesia and/or surgery.

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recovery room n 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 abbr. RR

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postanesthesia care unit.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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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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