operating table
noun
: a special table in an operating room that a person lies on while having an operation
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Medical equipment and the patient lying on the operating table shook violently as the medical staff reached out to hold things steady, leaning over the patient to try to stop the rocking.
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Barney Henderson
robert Birsel
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
First, a portable GE X-ray machine was brought over the operating table.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
Final Destination 5: The LASIK laser One of the most squirm-worthy deaths in the entire franchise is when Olivia (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) gets strapped to the operating table for laser eye surgery.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 18 May 2025
As Kwan ran to warn the OR teams with a number of other doctors, including Bailey, seen in the hallway and Link taking a saw-like instrument to a patient’s leg on the operating table, Meredith was seen outside the hospital as it was ripped by an explosion.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 May 2025
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Barney Henderson
robert Birsel
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
First, a portable GE X-ray machine was brought over the operating table.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
Final Destination 5: The LASIK laser One of the most squirm-worthy deaths in the entire franchise is when Olivia (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) gets strapped to the operating table for laser eye surgery.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 18 May 2025
As Kwan ran to warn the OR teams with a number of other doctors, including Bailey, seen in the hallway and Link taking a saw-like instrument to a patient’s leg on the operating table, Meredith was seen outside the hospital as it was ripped by an explosion.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 May 2025
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“Operating table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operating%20table. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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