operating room

noun

US
: a room in a hospital where operations are done

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Eventually, a third doctor removed it in the operating room. Essence, 14 Apr. 2025 As he's escorted out of the hospital, Joel fights back, killing a dozen or more Fireflies before executing the doctor in the operating room and leaving with an unconscious Ellie. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025 And Mel’s blood proves to be just enough to keep Sylvia stable until an operating room finally becomes available for her. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025 While Karla Bradley was upstairs preparing to give birth, her husband, a neurosurgeon, was downstairs in the operating room. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for operating room

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“Operating room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operating%20room. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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