operating room

noun

US
: a room in a hospital where operations are done

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That gap between training models and real organs has limited how well medical professionals can prepare before entering the operating room. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025 That includes at least $44,300 for the operating room and anesthesia administration, plus more than $50,000 for medical supplies and implants, such as screws and plates. Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025 In an operating room, a mad doctor performs plastic surgery to turn new recruits into killer clowns. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025 Williams was rushed to the operating room, where surgeons removed about six feet of his intestines. Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for operating room

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