Phrase guide

emergency department

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, healthcare

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Synonyms: ED

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: الطَوَارِئ (aṭ-ṭawāriʔ) — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Belarusian: аддзяле́нне неадкла́днай дапамо́гі (addzjaljénnje njeadkládnaj dapamóhi) — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Bulgarian: спешно отделение (spešno otdelenie) — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Chinese Mandarin: 急診室 /急诊室 (jízhěnshì) — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Chinese Mandarin: 急症室 (jízhèngshì) — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Danish: akutmodtagelse — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Danish: skadestue c modtagelsesafdeling — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Finnish: ensiapupoliklinikka — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Finnish: ensiapuosasto — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • French: urgences — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • German: Notaufnahme — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Greek: τμήμα επειγόντων περιστατικών (tmíma epeigónton peristatikón) — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Hungarian: sürgősségi osztály — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Hungarian: sürgősségi betegellátó osztály — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Polish: szpitalny oddział ratunkowy — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Portuguese: serviço de urgências — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Portuguese: pronto-socorro — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Portuguese: pronto-atendimento — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Russian: отделе́ние неотло́жной по́мощи (otdelénije neotlóžnoj pómošči) — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Swedish: akutmottagning — (healthcare) a department of a hospital
  • Ukrainian: відді́лення невідкла́дної допомо́ги (viddílennja nevidkládnoji dopomóhy) — (healthcare) a department of a hospital