operatory
noun
a room or other area with special equipment and facilities, as for dental surgery, scientific experiments, or the like.
operatories
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pluralof operatory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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About 2,000 Americans, many desperately ill, have visited the Huggins Diagnostic Center, where a team of five dentists pulled out fillings in two custom-made "bubble operatories" designed to minimize exposure to toxins.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Dental Hospital has 16 individual "operatories," ten general, and six specially equipped for more difficult surgery.
From Time Magazine Archive
