Definitions

operating room

NOUN

room for surgery

Synonyms

WEAK

OR operating table operating theater surgery

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • May 27, 2026

“We had a colloquial term in the operating room: December Deductible Derby.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 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

"My love has just gone to the operating room," Bolsonaro's wife Michelle said in an Instagram post.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

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

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright