operating table
noun
: a special table in an operating room that a person lies on while having an operation
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Indeed, the woman who gave Cardi B her shots had a patient die on her operating table not long afterward, the performer revealed in a 2018 interview with GQ.
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Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Nothing is worse than trying to cozy up on the sofa, but you’re being blinded by a sterile operating table glow.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Jan. 2026
The real Nativity—for Mary, but also for anybody hoping to bring new life onto the scene—is a shocking, grisly business, including, these days, an operating table and a tangle of bleeping machines.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2025
On the day of the surgery, with Olivia on the operating table, the Olsons finally received word that Anthem would grant the gap exception — a change the Olsons attributed to NBC News’ involvement.
—David Douglas, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
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Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Nothing is worse than trying to cozy up on the sofa, but you’re being blinded by a sterile operating table glow.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Jan. 2026
The real Nativity—for Mary, but also for anybody hoping to bring new life onto the scene—is a shocking, grisly business, including, these days, an operating table and a tangle of bleeping machines.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2025
On the day of the surgery, with Olivia on the operating table, the Olsons finally received word that Anthem would grant the gap exception — a change the Olsons attributed to NBC News’ involvement.
—David Douglas, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Operating table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operating%20table. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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