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operating table

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noun

  1. the table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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With no operating table built for the python's size, keepers and vets said they had to improvise by connecting two operating tables together.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The procedure they thought would spare them a complicated surgery leads some to the operating table anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

The patient is sedated and covered up on the operating table.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2025

When people want to get taller, they wind up on Dr. Kevin Debiparshad’s operating table for leg-lengthening surgery.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2025

A few minutes later I’m lying on the operating table, the room dim except for the blinding light directly above my head.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

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