This article is from the ER FAQ, by Rose Cooper cooper@acm.cse.msu.edu with numerous contributions by others.
[Truth, Justice, And The American Way. Oh, sorry. That`s "CCH Pounder".
But I digress...]
Emergency Room. Not to be confused with "OR", which is
Operating Room.
[Or, for that matter, "E/R", which was inoperable. But I digress
again...]
 
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