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 29 Sep. 2026.

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