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Meaning of emerg | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/iːˈməɹd͡ʒ/

Definitions

The emergency department of a hospital.

Canada, slang

Examples

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

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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