operating table
noun
: a special table in an operating room that a person lies on while having an operation
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The North Carolina Medical Board in December 2023 received two back-to-back complaints about Lynch sharing detailed information and showing graphic photos of unconscious patients on the operating table to people at a local bar.
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Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
On March 6, 2026, Dana Harwood was on the operating table at UC San Diego Transplant Center.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
The disastrous August 2024 surgical error and death of Shaknovsky’s patient, 70-year-old William Bryan, on the operating table prompted Bryan’s widow to file a lawsuit last year and a grand jury to indict Shaknovsky on a manslaughter charge last month.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 7 May 2026
Officers in the gallery began crying when an image of Jonathan Diller on the operating table was displayed.
—Alice Gainer, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
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Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
On March 6, 2026, Dana Harwood was on the operating table at UC San Diego Transplant Center.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
The disastrous August 2024 surgical error and death of Shaknovsky’s patient, 70-year-old William Bryan, on the operating table prompted Bryan’s widow to file a lawsuit last year and a grand jury to indict Shaknovsky on a manslaughter charge last month.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 7 May 2026
Officers in the gallery began crying when an image of Jonathan Diller on the operating table was displayed.
—Alice Gainer, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Operating table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operating%20table. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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