emerg

Etymology

Clipping of emergency.

noun

  1. (Canada, slang, medicine) The emergency department of a hospital.
    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. January 17 2009, Daniel Dale, “Ambulance waits get longer”, 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. May 26 2009, Theresa Boyle, Tanya Talaga, “Swine flu Factor Probed in death”, in Toronto Star:
    “What we've seen in the last few days is a number of cases that have come to emerg departments. October 1 2009, Theresa Boyle, “Second swine-flu wave hits Toronto, southern Ontario”, in Toronto Star:

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