operating room

noun

US
: a room in a hospital where operations are done

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Passan follows his story from the field to the operating room, focusing on the Little League aces wrecking their arms at the age of 13 and the baseball executives trying to find a way out of the game’s slow-moving crisis. The Atlantic, 15 May 2025 Unlike most New York City hospitals, the operating room was large, pristine, and full of what appeared to be cutting-edge medical equipment. Cullen Daly, Glamour, 10 May 2025 Surgical technicians, also called surgical technologists or operating room technicians, assist surgeons during operations. Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025 Instead of scrubbing into the operating room, surgeons operate on patients via a multimillion-dollar robot with enhanced visuals and nimble controls. Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for operating room

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