emerg

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English

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Etymology

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Clipping of emergency.

Pronunciation

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(Canada) IPA(key): /iːˈməɹd͡ʒ/

Noun

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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.

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References

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

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