operating room

noun

US
: a room in a hospital where operations are done

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The giant operating room, with its other-worldly machines and too many doctors and nurses to count, lay on the other side of two glass doors, and next to me seven more nurses and doctors were scrubbing in. Literary Hub, 7 May 2026 There is truly nothing like a life-altering event to force one to rethink their priorities, and that’s exactly what happens for both Owen and Teddy once they’re reunited in the operating room after the bridge collapse to save a patient Owen had been caring for in the field. Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 May 2026 With the Neuropixels in place, the team played audio in the operating room. Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 6 May 2026 Challenges outside the operating room Not every person with advanced disease has an equal shot at a new organ, and not everyone in America has an equal likelihood of needing one. Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 3 May 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 15 May. 2026.

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