recovery room

noun

: a hospital room equipped for meeting postoperative emergencies

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The Hythe offers guests advanced facials, massages and body treatments, along with Himalayan salt therapy, a steam room, recovery room and fitness center. — Dahvi Shira, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 One of Europe’s leading rest and recovery specialists, Anna West, argues that environment extends far beyond the recovery room. — Alan McCall, New York Times, 28 June 2026 While there are sauna, steam and cold plunge pools on offer in both the male and female changing rooms, inside the 12 recovery rooms, things get a little more high tech. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026 The Pacific Beach resident, in an overnight recovery room after surgery, agreed. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recovery room

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First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of recovery room was in 1896

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“Recovery room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recovery%20room. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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recovery room

noun
: a hospital room where patients are temporarily placed for special care and observation after an operation

Medical Definition

recovery room

noun
: a hospital room which is equipped with apparatus for meeting postoperative emergencies and in which surgical patients are kept during the immediate postoperative period for care and recovery from anesthesia
—abbreviation RR
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