emergency department

English

Noun

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

Synonyms

• accident and emergency (A&E) (British)
• casualty (British)
• emergency room (ER) (North America)

Translations

(healthcare) a department of a hospital

• Arabic: الطَوَارِئ (aṭ-ṭawāriʔ)
• Belarusian: аддзяле́нне неадкла́днай дапамо́гі n (addzjaljénnje njeadkládnaj dapamóhi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 急診室 / 急诊室 (zh) (jízhěnshì), 急症室 (zh) (jízhèngshì)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: akutmodtagelse c, skadestue (da) c modtagelsesafdeling c
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ensiapupoliklinikka, ensiapuosasto
• French: urgences (fr) f pl
• German: Notaufnahme (de) f
• Greek: τμήμα επειγόντων περιστατικών n (tmíma epeigónton peristatikón)
• Hungarian: sürgősségi osztály, sürgősségi betegellátó osztály
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: szpitalny oddział ratunkowy m
• Portuguese: serviço de urgências m, pronto-socorro (pt) m, pronto-atendimento m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: отделе́ние неотло́жной по́мощи n (otdelénije neotlóžnoj pómošči)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: akutmottagning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: відді́лення невідкла́дної допомо́ги n (viddílennja nevidkládnoji dopomóhy)