operating theatre

noun

British
: a room in a hospital where operations are done

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Napolitano said Wednesday that medical stocks had been looted and a bullet had pierced the roof of the operating theatre at the Kyeshero hospital as an operation was underway. Nimi Princewill, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025 The space is called the operating theatre, but it can also be thought of as a stadium. Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 Also employed have been the Palladian splendor of Moor Park in Rickmansworth and Goldsmiths Hall in the City (used in Season 1 for the late King’s operating theatre). James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2023

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“Operating theatre.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operating%20theatre. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

Medical Definition

operating theatre

noun
British
: a room where operations are performed
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