accident and emergency

English

Alternative forms

• A&E (more common)

Noun

accident and emergency (uncountable)

1. (chiefly British, New Zealand) The department of a hospital that deals with injuries and medical emergencies.

Synonyms

• casualty
• emergency room

Translations

department of a hospital that deals with injuries and emergencies — see also emergency room

• Danish: akutmodtagelse c, skadestue (da) c
• Finnish: päivystyspoliklinikka (fi)
• French: urgences (fr) f pl
• Hungarian: sürgősségi osztály

See also

• accident and emergency on Wikipedia.Wikipedia