0 a room in a place where people can sit while waiting, as in an airport or a doctor's office --
1 a room where people can sit while waiting, as in a bus station or a doctor’s office --
Availability of questionnaires in the waiting room may provide the trigger for the patient to self-assess and seek help.
Read a magazine in the waiting room.
The waiting room was viewable through a one-way mirror from an observation room.
Mean time for one-way travel was 18.7 minutes; waiting room time was 16.9 minutes; and exam time was 50.8 minutes.
Waiting room walls and display boards have become the location of much health promotion activity, often targeted at particular groups.
Waiting room recruitment was more intensive in terms of researcher input but yielded higher numbers, whereas physician referral yielded a higher percentage of eligible participants.
Four women (3.8%) had to wait an hour or more in the waiting room.
The waiting room is crowded, and some of the people in it seem to be quite perturbed.
