emerg
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
emerg
- (Canada, slang) The emergency department of a hospital.
- 2009, January 17, Daniel Dale, “Ambulance waits get longer”, 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 and Tanya Talaga, “Swine flu Factor Probed in death”, 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”, Toronto Star:
- “What we've seen in the last few days is a number of cases that have come to emerg departments.
- 2009, January 17, Daniel Dale, “Ambulance waits get longer”, Toronto Star:
References
- “emerg” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.