operating table
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is warehousing usable items, from file cabinets to the operating table in the surgical theater, and will distribute them to nonprofits primarily in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 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
In a haunting approach, the parents tiptoed toward an eerily lifelike replica of their child’s body and carefully transferred the silicone doppelgänger to an operating table.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2024
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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