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S: http://emergentpublications.com/ECO/about_eco.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 (last access: 3 September 2014); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26824625 (last access: 12 May 2018).

N: 1. 1640s, “unforeseen occurrence,” from French émergence, from emerger, from Latin emergere “rise up” (see emerge). Meaning “an emerging, process of coming forth” is from 1704.
2. As nouns the difference between emergence and emergency is that emergence is the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance while emergency is a situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=emergence&searchmode=none (last access: 3 September 2014). 2. https://wikidiff.com/emergency/emergence (last access: 12 May 2018).

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CR: emergency department, emergency aid, medical emergency, rehabilitation.