operating room

noun

US
: a room in a hospital where operations are done

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Novant’s request includes eight intensive care beds; four labor and delivery beds; 38 general medical and surgical beds; an additional C-section operating room; two surgical procedure rooms; and 16 emergency department exam rooms. Chase Jordan march 11, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026 Investigators also noticed that the filling and draining of the heater-cooler devices was being done inside the operating room, and water was seen on the operating room floor due to overflow of the units or to the change in tubing. Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026 Jobs more closely tied to Neuralink’s brain interfaces include an operating room specialist and a neurosurgeon resident to carry out experimental brain-computer interface procedures using human cadavers or large animal subjects. Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026 The group also urges withdrawing life support in the critical care unit, not in an operating room, to help avoid public confusion about when death occurs and when organ groups step in, said association president Jeff Trageser. ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for operating room

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“Operating room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operating%20room. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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