operating room

noun

US
: a room in a hospital where operations are done

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In the operating room, her surgeon made a long incision down her abdomen, cut out the fist-size pouch of her stomach, and stitched her esophagus to her small intestine. Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026 Urgent and emergent cases reach the operating room faster — an important lifesaving factor. Eugene Litvak, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026 The suit claims there was failure to restrict access to the operating room, to supervise personnel, and to protect the plaintiff from unauthorized photography, which constitutes negligence and reckless disregard for patient privacy. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026 Over the summer, a plastic surgeon hung old movie stills of Denise Richards on his operating room wall. Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for operating room

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