operating room

NOUN

room for surgery

Synonyms

WEAK

OR operating table operating theater surgery

Example Sentences

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She had told him about meeting an anesthesia provider who did sound baths in the operating room and had been on a podcast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The team was about to take her to the operating room when he was finally able to detach it.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

"There's a lot of interesting emotional circuits that are deep in the brain, but until now you couldn't manipulate them outside of the operating room."

From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026

Mills would wake up in an operating room, where a Russian surgeon stood over him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

I brought him the rabbit and he took it upstairs to the operating room.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright