delivery room

noun

: a special room in a hospital where women give birth to babies

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But because of complications in the delivery room, both women gave birth via caesarean section. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026 Fried is surely hoping for a best-case scenario – pitching on Wednesday night and having his child arrive afterward, making the decision much easier about whether to be in the delivery room or on the mound. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Clancy's defense does not dispute that the 36-year-old former delivery room nurse strangled her three children with exercise bands in January 2023. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery room nurse in Massachusetts, has been charged with the 2023 killings of her three children before trying to take her own life. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for delivery room

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delivery room

noun
: a hospital room especially equipped for the delivery of pregnant women
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