operating table

noun

: a special table in an operating room that a person lies on while having an operation

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Under bright lights inside the Denver Zoo's animal hospital, 12-year-old Sumatran tiger ChloJo lies on an operating table Tuesday morning as veterinarians remove a small mass from her back. Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 She was finally made to pause when a hemifacial spasm landed her on the operating table for brain surgery. Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026 Humanoid robots have officially stepped up to the operating table, helping complete two surgeries for the first time. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 On the operating table, Nelson went into respiratory arrest. Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for operating table

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“Operating table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operating%20table. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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