Recovery room

/ɹɪkˈʌvəɹi ɹˈuːm/

/ɹɪkˈʌvɚɹi ɹˈuːm/

Recovery room

a hospital room for the care of patients immediately after surgery

Examples

1. At least we'll always have Dr. Kaplan's recovery room.

2. The PACU or recovery room nurse accepts the patient from the OR and provides a secure environment for recovery.

3. So we'll watch you here in the recovery room about half hour, 45 minutes.

4. So I was sitting in the recovery room, eating my pretzels-