recovery room

noun

: a hospital room equipped for meeting postoperative emergencies

Examples of recovery room in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Pacific Beach resident, in an overnight recovery room after surgery, agreed. —Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026

Construction on the tower is expected to begin next year and will include 216 private-room patient beds — increasingly sought for hospital stays — 20 surgical areas organized around recovery rooms and specialties by floor, all outfitted with cutting-edge technology. —Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026

After the surgery, the patient, who received general anesthesia, was moved to the recovery room and placed on monitors at approximately 6:45 p.m., the same time that a nurse had difficulty obtaining her oxygen levels. —Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026

Last week, an American reality-show contestant posted footage of himself in the recovery room of a hospital after an operation. —Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for recovery room

• anteroom
• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume

Kids Definition

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