emerg

English

Etymology

Clipping of emergency.

Pronunciation

(Canada) IPA^(key): /iːˈməɹd͡ʒ/

Noun

emerg

1. (Canada, slang, medicine) The emergency department of a hospital.
   • 2009 January 17, Daniel Dale, “Ambulance waits get longer”, in Toronto Star::

     These EMS people, who should just walk into the emerg, drop their patient off, and then leave, are frozen in the emerg for a long period of time, because there aren't enough resources there.

   • 2009 May 26, Theresa Boyle, Tanya Talaga, “Swine flu Factor Probed in death”, in Toronto Star::

     “Rather than going to emerg and getting admitted and having the condition over a period of time, we understand that the event happened fairly quickly.

   • 2009 October 1, Theresa Boyle, “Second swine-flu wave hits Toronto, southern Ontario”, in Toronto Star::

     “What we've seen in the last few days is a number of cases that have come to emerg departments.

Synonyms

• ER / E. R. / E.R.
• emergency room
• emergency department
• emergency
• casualty (BrE)
• casualty department (BrE)
• accident and emergency (BrE)
• A&E (BrE)

Coordinate terms

• trauma
• trauma centre
• trauma center
• trauma department
• trauma room

References

• “emerg” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Anagrams

• merge